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Coming up with objectives or deciding what is appropriate (i.e. what to backpropagate against) is a function of intelligence not accounted for in current AI design.
We've built this in code, a form of AGI at animal-levels using (naturally) an alternative to backpropagation. Get in touch ali at aolabs.ai.
A shot in the dark, open to anyone who's curious. We are working on awareness as code, filling a critical gap in AI today. Get in touch ali at aolabs.ai.
A shot in the dark, open to anyone who's curious. We've developed a form of AGI at animal-levels. Get in touch ali at aolabs.ai.
No, the fifth state here is an interpretation of the Gurdjieff system and the associated Fourth Way. Loosely the fifth state equivalent to enlightenment (satori). The specific quote is from a book by Robert de Ropp called "The Master Game."
I haven't looked into Leary's eight circuit model in years. Thank you for reminding me of it. By your description of your current state, sounds like you have found utility in that particular framework?
"This comment is extremely important and should be borne in mind by all who feel tempted to dabble with the psychedelic experience without knowing what they are doing or why. He who enters the fifth state of consciousness without preparation may be spiritually paralyzed by his experience. He has seen too much too soon and, as a result, all games become meaningless. He cannot play the life games that satisfy men in the third state of consciousness. He cannot play the Master Game because he knows nothing about it and has no teacher. So he becomes, like Daumal's "leaf in the wind," an even more helpless plaything of external forces than he was before his rash experiment."
I'm taken away by your story and would like to connect, please. I have a similar experience and I'm working on a research project in AI that is related to this. Please drop me a note me aee at berkeley edu I couldn't find your contact info in your profile.
We all live around technology, and you also work in it, too, so it seems absurd to try to get your love for it back by trying to do more tech, especially in the same way as before. It'll never taste the same, but you're also able to ask more, deeper questions now than at 12. Revel in that so it may rekindle your flame.
Thought-provoking research here. And I like supporting scientists who do their work outside of existing dissemination structures.
May I ask what makes you think that the first paper has Deepmind's definition of intelligence? Was it said so by Deepmind at some point?
The PDF linked to in the discussion is no longer there, but I found it on standards.nasa.gov here: https://standards.nasa.gov/standard/nasa/nasa-gb-871913
There are also some interesting product management related guidelines from NASA, like this from 2014: https://snebulos.mit.edu/projects/reference/NASA-Generic/NPR...
BBC article that was also quite good though more high-level: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44111476
|'I have, answered Gargantua, by a long and curious experience, found out a means to wipe my bum, the most lordly, the most excellent, and the most convenient that ever was seen… I say and maintain, that of all torcheculs, arsewisps, bumfodders, tail-napkins, bunghole cleansers, and wipe-breeches, there is none in the world comparable to the neck of a goose, that is well downed, if you hold her head betwixt your legs.' http://qi.com/infocloud/geese
Not just a small bird, but a whole goose neck! XD
A loved one is going through a similar experience (though struggling with the schizophrenia spectrum). I would love to ask you a few questions but couldn't find any contact info in your profile here.
Is there a way that I can get in touch with you? (My email is in my profile; if you send me a short note so that I can have your email, I'll followup).
I particularly curious about the experiment they discussed at Fox Run, with taking you off all the drugs to reset you for a proper diagnosis. Did they try it? Did it work? Is this a standard diagnostic procedure?
Thank you.
To be brief, their app ran the Android native camera app in the background and took a screenshot of the resulting feed for the image, bypassing actual integration with Android's camera apps. Having worked on an Android smartphone from the ground up, I can understand their reluctance to commit dev time to having to support so many Android versions and other variations on all the devices out there, but still a lazy weird hack.
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/fyi-why-androids-snap...
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/64xqv0/snapcha...
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Can you point to any more info about Caltech's honor system? I haven't heard of it before and you piqued my curiosity. (Couldn't find much on Google.)
Not a lot of people would have the analytics in place, but it would be interesting to further correlate results with YC demo testing patterns to get a more complete picture of the admissions funnel.
Very interesting thoughts. Makes perfect sense-- if a startup's blog doesn't show the startup's growth, it would be like a baby who doesn't age-- boring.
Thank you!
This paper examines policy, legal, ethical, and strategy implications for national security of the accelerating science, technology, and engineering (ST&E) revolutions underway in five broad areas: biology, robotics, information, nanotechnology, and energy (BRINE), with a particular emphasis on how they are interacting. The paper considers the timeframe between now and 2030 but emphasizes policy and related choices that need to be made in the next few years to shape the future competitive space favorably, and focuses on those decisions that are within U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) purview. The pace and complexity of technological change mean that linear predictions of current needs cannot be the basis for effective guidance or management for the future. These are issues for policymakers and commanders, not just technical specialists.
http://ctnsp.dodlive.mil/2014/09/12/dtp-106-policy-challenge...
I think that's a big problem, and one that makes the self esteem issue worse (if you don't fit the formula, you'll feel inferior).
I always wanted to be a scientist, but then gravitated towards entrepreneurship because it's less rigid and defined.