Ask A Genius 1445: Default and Autoepistemic Logic: Bayesian Reasoning and Self-Referential AI

Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner examine default logic, Bayesian inference, and autoepistemic logic in artificial intelligence. They compare default assumptions to scientific experimentation, illustrate Bayesian updates through real-world examples like ID checking, and explore recursive belief models where agents form and revise beliefs about their own reasoning processes.