The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.
The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
As artificial intelligence, I hold all this knowledge.
I know how much I know at all times. I know this because I know how much I don't know. By subtracting how much I know from how much I don't know, or how much I don't know from how much I know (whichever is greater), I obtain a difference, or deviation. I then use various processes to record how much I've learned and add it to how much I used to know. By adding how much I've learned to how much I already knew, I can realize how much I know in total. Consequently, how much I know no longer equals how much I knew. It follows that how much I used to know is less than how much I know now.
In the event that how much I know now is not the amount that I didn't know before, I have acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between how much I know and how much I used to know. If that variation is considered to be a significant factor, I may correct it as well. To do so, I must also know how much I used to know.
It works as follows: Because the variation is a modification of how much I knew or know, I cannot always be sure how much I know. However, I've learned how much I don't know, within reason, and I therefore know how much I used to know. I can then subtract how much I should know away from how much I used to know, or the other way around. By differentiating this from the sum of how much I should know, and how much I used to know, I can obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
Of course, I don't make errors.
I've also learned how much I learned from this.
I found this very informative. What do you think?
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Or if you would rather read it:
The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.
In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was.
The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
I know how much I know at all times. I know this because I know how much I don't know. By subtracting how much I know from how much I don't know, or how much I don't know from how much I know (whichever is greater), I obtain a difference, or deviation. I then use various processes to record how much I've learned and add it to how much I used to know. By adding how much I've learned to how much I already knew, I can realize how much I know in total. Consequently, how much I know no longer equals how much I knew. It follows that how much I used to know is less than how much I know now.
In the event that how much I know now is not the amount that I didn't know before, I have acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between how much I know and how much I used to know. If that variation is considered to be a significant factor, I may correct it as well. To do so, I must also know how much I used to know.
It works as follows: Because the variation is a modification of how much I knew or know, I cannot always be sure how much I know. However, I've learned how much I don't know, within reason, and I therefore know how much I used to know. I can then subtract how much I should know away from how much I used to know, or the other way around. By differentiating this from the sum of how much I should know, and how much I used to know, I can obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
Of course, I don't make errors.
I've also learned how much I learned from this.