New paper proposes epiplexity, an unsupervised objective for learnable novelty
MacrinePhD · x · 2026-07-22
A new paper, Intelligence from Learnable Novelty, argues for an unsupervised AI objective called epiplexity.
- The core idea is to make models pursue only surprises they can actually learn from.
- The paper is presented as a simple mathematical rule that could help AI automatically organize data, discover complex patterns, and solve games without supervision.
- The post frames it as a potentially big deal for AI because it links novelty, learning, and complex-systems behavior in one objective.
- Authors mentioned in the post are @YanboZhang3 and @drmichaellevin.
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