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The $5000 Compression Challenge (2001)

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181 points ekiauhce | 1 comments | 23 Nov 24 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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omoikane ◴[24 Nov 24 00:14 UTC] No.42224958[source]▶
The original email thread was from 2001, and it gets posted to HN periodically:

https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=patrickcraig.co.uk

For another compression challenge that is still ongoing, try "500000€ Prize for Compressing Human Knowledge" (also known as "Hutter Prize"):

http://prize.hutter1.net/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37502329 - Hutter Prize for compressing human knowledge (2023-09-13, 215 comments)

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vlovich123 ◴[24 Nov 24 00:53 UTC] No.42225155[source]▶
I have a fundamental problem with the Hutter prize stating that intelligence is related to compression & then sponsoring a prize for lossless compression. Intelligence is related to lossy compression. Lossless is mainly a mechanistic act.
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patmcc ◴[25 Nov 24 05:25 UTC] No.42233497[source]▶
Intelligence is knowing what you can lose, and losing that and no more.
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1. Jerrrry ◴[25 Nov 24 19:32 UTC] No.42239371{3}[source]▶
I like this definition for a "proto"-intelligent trait.