I’d agree that this is useful to think on, but I tend to use “meta model” to mean “a model of how to build and apply models across distinct people”, and your example of abstracting Dave’s preferences is just another model for him, not all that meta.
I might suggest you call it an “abstract model” or an “explainable model”. In fact, if they make the same predictions, they’re equally powerful, but one is more compressible and easier to transmit (and examine in your head).
Hmh, I actually did not think of that one all-important bit. Yeap, what I described as a “meta model for Dave’s mind” is indeed a “meta model for human minds” or at least a “meta model for American minds” in which I plugged in some Dave-specific observations.
I’ll have to re-work this at some point with this in mind, unless there’s already something much better on the subject out there.
But again, I’ll excuse this with having been so tried when I wrote this that I didn’t even remember I did until your comment reminded me about it.
I’d agree that this is useful to think on, but I tend to use “meta model” to mean “a model of how to build and apply models across distinct people”, and your example of abstracting Dave’s preferences is just another model for him, not all that meta.
I might suggest you call it an “abstract model” or an “explainable model”. In fact, if they make the same predictions, they’re equally powerful, but one is more compressible and easier to transmit (and examine in your head).
Hmh, I actually did not think of that one all-important bit. Yeap, what I described as a “meta model for Dave’s mind” is indeed a “meta model for human minds” or at least a “meta model for American minds” in which I plugged in some Dave-specific observations.
I’ll have to re-work this at some point with this in mind, unless there’s already something much better on the subject out there.
But again, I’ll excuse this with having been so tried when I wrote this that I didn’t even remember I did until your comment reminded me about it.