Infinitely large, randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic.
Building predictive sensors is of paramount importance in science. Can we make a randomly wired sensor "good enough" at predicting its input simply by making it larger? We show that infinitely large, randomly wired sensors are nonspecific for their input, and therefore nonpredictive of fut...
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| description | Building predictive sensors is of paramount importance in science. Can we make a randomly wired sensor "good enough" at predicting its input simply by making it larger? We show that infinitely large, randomly wired sensors are nonspecific for their input, and therefore nonpredictive of future input, unless they are close to deterministic. Nearly deterministic, randomly wired sensors can capture ∼ 10% of the predictive information of their inputs for "typical" environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ea7206cc0a44427bd30aa63058578502022-12-21T18:54:10ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01138e020233310.1371/journal.pone.0202333Infinitely large, randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic.Sarah MarzenBuilding predictive sensors is of paramount importance in science. Can we make a randomly wired sensor "good enough" at predicting its input simply by making it larger? We show that infinitely large, randomly wired sensors are nonspecific for their input, and therefore nonpredictive of future input, unless they are close to deterministic. Nearly deterministic, randomly wired sensors can capture ∼ 10% of the predictive information of their inputs for "typical" environments.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6114800?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Marzen Infinitely large, randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic. PLoS ONE |
| title | Infinitely large, randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic. |
| title_full | Infinitely large, randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic. |
| title_fullStr | Infinitely large, randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infinitely large, randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic. |
| title_short | Infinitely large, randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic. |
| title_sort | infinitely large randomly wired sensors cannot predict their input unless they are close to deterministic |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6114800?pdf=render |
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