Re: Even Google AI Overview understands me now

On 10/1/2024 8:09 AM, joes wrote:

Am Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:39:18 -0500 schrieb olcott:

On 10/1/2024 7:19 AM, olcott wrote:

https://www.google.com/search?
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https://chatgpt.com/share/66fbec5c-7b10-8011-9ce6-3c26424cb21c

It sounds like it’s trained on your spam. LLMs don’t know anything anyway.
 I asked: „What happens when HHH tries to simulate itself?”
ChatGPT: [my comments in brackets]
When `HHH` tries to simulate itself, it encounters a potential problem
known as **self-referential recursion**. Here’s a breakdown of what
happens:
 ### 1. **Self-Invocation in HHH**
If `HHH` calls itself (i.e., `HHH(HHH)`), it creates an infinite loop of
calls unless there is some form of termination condition built into `HHH`.
Without such a condition, `HHH` would never return, resulting in non-
termination.
 [So not a decider.]
 ### 2. **Halting Criteria**
In a well-designed termination analyzer, `HHH` would need to have specific
logic to prevent endless recursion:
- **Base Case or Exit Condition**: There should be a mechanism to
recognize when `HHH` is being asked to analyze itself and return
immediately (e.g., a special case or flag).
- **Tracking State**: The analyzer might maintain a history of function
calls to detect cycles. If it recognizes that it is attempting to analyze
itself again, it can decide that this leads to non-termination.
 [Not present.]
 ### 3. **Practical Consequences**
If `HHH` lacks the ability to handle self-referential calls correctly:
- **Stack Overflow**: Continuous self-invocation will eventually exhaust
the stack memory, leading to a stack overflow error.
[Not considered in theory.]
- **Incorrect Results**: If not designed carefully, it may lead to an
incorrect conclusion about halting, misrepresenting itself as either
halting or non-halting.
  ### 4. **Best Practices for Termination Analyzers**
To avoid these pitfalls, a termination analyzer should implement:
- **Guard Clauses**: Checks at the beginning of the function to prevent
unnecessary self-simulation.
- **State Management**: A way to track the functions being analyzed,
allowing `HHH` to recognize if it's being invoked with itself and act
accordingly.
 ### Conclusion
In summary, if `HHH` tries to simulate itself without proper safeguards,
it risks falling into an infinite recursion or causing a stack overflow. A
robust design would include checks to prevent self-invocation, ensuring
the termination analyzer can handle all cases, including its own function,
gracefully.
  There you go.
 

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