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Occam's Razor (Marcus Hutter) | AI Podcast Clips

Lex Fridman

Occam's Razor, a fundamental principle in science attributed to William of Ockham (referred to here via Marcus Hutter), posits that among competing hypotheses or models that equally well describe observed data, one should select the simplest one. While this is not an absolute law but rather a heuris …