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About the Book
The main idea of this book is that perfect knowledge implies randomness. This is a counterintuitive idea, since a lot of effort in science deals with the task to name and organize our chaotic world. Even the kind of knowledge that explains how things work requires a previous ordering and classification. Knowledge, apparently, is anything but random, yet this is not the case. If a theory is perfect, that is, it presents no redundant elements we can remove, it description must be an incompressible string of symbols. Thus, a model is random if it contains the maximum amount of information in the less space possible.
In this book it is described the minimum nescience principle, a novel mathematical theory that address the problem of what it is science and how scientific knowledge can be acquired. Our main assumption is that it is easier to measure how much we do not know than measuring how much we do know, because randomness posses a limit to how much we can know. A second assumption is that the computer is the right tool that can provide this quantitative measure.
That randomness effectively imposes a limit on how much we can know about a particular problem or area, far from being a handicap, opens new opportunities in science and technology. Its proper understanding allow us to automate the solution of problems, and use computers to discover new interesting research topics.
In the book we describe in detail the practical applications of the new theory of nescience, not only in the context of artificial intelligence, but also to computational creativity and software engineering.
About the Author
My passion is applying artificial intelligence to transform business and society in general, my focus is asking the right questions and my ambition is to bring the knowledge and technologies of the future to the present. I breathe innovation through each of the pores of my skin, with a total focus on results, and always seeking to maximize the impact of my work. I have a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, a Master degree in Computational Sciences, and more than 20 years of working experience as a research engineer. Currently, I work as a Innovation Manager at Vodafone. When I'm not too busy changing the world, I like to walk in nature with my family, read a good book, or watch a documentary.