BORROWING FROM LEARNING SYSTEMS. “We make this argument by recognising that analogous behaviours are possible, and are well-understood, in another domain—and because the underlying principles are mathematically equivalent, specific results and insights from one domain can be transferred to the other. This is a domain where the idea of a system that changes itself over time is not controversial—namely, learning systems.”
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