How
do agents learn?
lLearners
try and form a grammar that is consistent with the primary linguistic data they hear.
lFundamental
principle: learning is
compression.
lTwo
processes on hearing a meaning-signal pair:
ˇA
rule is added to the grammar that is specific to that pair.
ˇSearch for
ways of “compressing” the grammar. Are there pairs of rules that can be subsumed under a single
rule? Are there duplicate
rules?
lCompression
process uncovers any generalisations in the data.