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Abstract
Ray Solomonoff was always inventive. As a child, he had a lab in his parent's cellar in Cleveland and a secret air hole to vent the smoke from his experiments. He gave his friend Marvin Minsky a so-called "Hurry" clock — a clock labeled "HURRY" that ran very fast. Helped by a friend, he built a year round house in N.H. He put in thick insulation, enabling him to heat the house with two rows of light bulbs along the ceiling. I met Ray shortly after he finished this house, in 1969. I knew about foraging, so I showed him edible plants like Indian Cucumber Root. He was so happy: it was as if we found a fountain of champagne. [...]
Highlights
Ray Solomonoff was always inventive. He had a lab in his parent's cellar in Cleveland and a secret air hole to vent the smoke from his experiments
He gave his friend Marvin Minsky a so-called "Hurry" clock — a clock labeled "HURRY" that ran very fast. He built a year round house in N.H. He put in thick insulation, enabling him to heat the house with two rows of light bulbs along the ceiling
He was so happy: it was as if we found a fountain of champagne
Summary
In the late 1950s, Ray invented probabilistic languages, which led him to his breakthrough discovery in 1960 of algorithmic probability. His general theory of induction begins with a crucial theorem that he first published in 1960 as part of his invention of algorithmic probability.
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