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Agreements about reality in technological progress.
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Details: the chain reaction of questions; ontology and treaties for sharing; prediction—the need for precise ontologies is going to increase.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re116
Air date: Saturday, 14th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the chain reaction of questions;
0:03:16 ontology and treaties for sharing;
0:06:21 prediction—the need for precise ontologies is going to increase.
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How we would decide, given predictions, whether to risk continued technological advance.
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Details: progress, 'we' and winners; better and worse problems can be empirical; technological progress. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re115
Air date: Friday, 13th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 progress, 'we' and winners;
0:05:59 better and worse problems can be empirical;
0:08:46 technological progress.
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Human loss of freedom by deference to authority, dependency on machines, and delegation of defense.
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Details: mathematician Wiener; mathematician and philosopher Russell; philosopher Horesh; mathematician and terrorist Kaczynski; philosopher Bostrom. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re114
Air date: Thursday, 12th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 mathematician Wiener;
0:04:19 mathematician and philosopher Russell;
0:05:57 philosopher Horesh;
0:07:33 mathematician and terrorist Kaczynski;
0:13:26 philosopher Bostrom.
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Beliefs, and the feelings they cause, determine what chances we take; but possibilities don't care about our beliefs.
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Details: prediction—freedom is going to decrease; decisions—two problems of life and the problem of death; uncertainty; beliefs and feelings; chances; possibilities; If you believe x, do you consent to y? Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re113
Air date: Wednesday, 11th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 prediction—freedom is going to decrease;
0:01:37 decisions—two problems of life and the problem of death;
0:03:16 uncertainty;
0:06:03 beliefs and feelings;
0:07:10 chances;
0:10:47 possibilities;
0:12:22 If you believe x, do you consent to y?
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Drawing attention to dangerous information can increase risk, but the attention economy tends to draw attention toward amusement.
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Details: attention hazard of information; adversaries and agents; secrets and suppression; the attention (distraction) economy. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re112
Air date: Tuesday, 10th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 attention hazard of information;
0:03:24 adversaries and agents;
0:07:46 secrets and suppression;
0:08:28 the attention (distraction) economy.
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Russell and Norvig say it's natural to worry that AI will destroy us, and that the solution is good design that preserves our control.
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Details: the gorilla problem; the human problem. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re111
Air date: Monday, 9th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the gorilla problem;
0:03:01 the human problem.
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Tristan Harris's analysis of China's TikTok vs. the exported version.
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Details: Tristan Harris on '60 Minutes', 2022; Harris on 'Joe Rogan', 2021. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re110
Air date: Sunday, 8th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Tristan Harris on '60 Minutes', 2022;
0:01:34 Harris on 'Joe Rogan', 2021.
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An observation of AI in action (TikTok), a decision (Low-Power Mode), and a coincidence (Tik-Tok).
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Details: prediction—default doom; preferences—competing goals; decision—low-power mode. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re109
Air date: Saturday, 7th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 prediction—default doom;
0:08:31 preferences—competing goals;
0:15:52 decision—low-power mode.
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A subdivision within the players of the computer control game.
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Details: notes on CSPs, war in Re107, and Re69's citation; two categories of players in computer control. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re108
Air date: Friday, 6th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 notes on CSPs, war in Re107, and Re69's citation;
0:02:43 two categories of players in computer control.
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War, peace and commerce AI in our multi-agent world.
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Details: at least three stances toward other agents; war, peace and commerce AI; questions and answers. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re107
Air date: Thursday, 5th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 at least three stances toward other agents;
0:02:36 war, peace and commerce AI;
0:11:46 questions and answers.
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Technical terms from loaded words.
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Details: elitism and culling in evolutionary algorithms; coercion in sensorless (conformant) problems; adversaries and dead ends in online search; strategy in partially observable and nondeterministic environments; AI can handle what science can't(?). Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re106
Air date: Wednesday, 4th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 elitism and culling in evolutionary algorithms;
0:07:53 coercion in sensorless (conformant) problems;
0:14:22 adversaries and dead ends in online search;
0:18:03 strategy in partially observable and nondeterministic environments;
0:19:38 AI can handle what science can't(?).
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The mechanical advantage of those who control AI engineers.
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Details: agent, environment arbitrary; task environment is problem, agent is solution; a recent, vast array of tools; mechanical advantage; it's not like math; solve or be solved. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re105
Air date: Tuesday, 3rd Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 agent, environment arbitrary;
0:02:59 task environment is problem, agent is solution;
0:03:09 a recent, vast array of tools;
0:03:45 mechanical advantage;
0:08:52 it's not like math;
0:10:34 solve or be solved.
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Correcting the TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT series and modeling agents and environments.
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Details: correction to Re65–Re69, Re77—agent program vs. agent function; agents, task environments and their environments; AI is a new kind of literacy. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re104
Air date: Monday, 2nd Jan. 2023, 2 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 correction to Re65–Re69, Re77—agent program vs. agent function;
0:03:19 agents, task environments and their environments;
0:09:36 AI is a new kind of literacy.
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Adding fitness and truth to AIMA's dimensions, and considering 'artificial flight'.
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Details: amendments and corrections—Re102; deciding vs. discovering what AI is; agent intelligence with respect to truth and fitness; 'artificial flight'. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re103
Air date: Sunday, 1st Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 amendments and corrections—Re102;
0:07:08 deciding vs. discovering what AI is;
0:09:59 agent intelligence with respect to truth and fitness;
0:15:10 'artificial flight'.
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Well-formed goals in the computer control game.
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Details: Kurzweil, 2029 and 2042; more thoughts on learning AI; What are the purposes of learning AI?; What is the purpose of Retraice?; What is our problem, to which math, code and AIMA4e are part of the solution?; moonshots. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re102
Air date: Saturday, 31st Dec. 2022, 2 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Kurzweil, 2029 and 2042;
0:12:12 more thoughts on learning AI;
0:18:34 What are the purposes of learning AI?;
0:19:11 What is the purpose of Retraice?;
0:24:59 What is our problem, to which math, code and AIMA4e are part of the solution?;
0:27:18 moonshots.
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How ChatGPT crosses with the hypotheses.
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Details: What is it again?; ChatGPT and the world; ChatGPT and H1–H12. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re101
Air date: Friday, 30th Dec. 2022, 4 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 What is it again?;
0:02:38 ChatGPT and the world;
0:08:53 ChatGPT and H1–H12.
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An interpretation of ChatGPT's architecture.
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Details: an attempt to explain language models; an attempt to explain ChatGPT. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re100
Air date: Thursday, 29th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 an attempt to explain language models;
0:10:33 an attempt to explain ChatGPT.
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Just-in-case and just-in-time as strategies for what to learn when.
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Details: now evident, after the December to Remember Math and Code Event; just-in-case, bottom-up and just-in-time, top-down learning; finding math and code needs in evidence (top-down); simplified. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re99
Air date: Wednesday, 28th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 now evident, after the December to Remember Math and Code Event;
0:15:03 just-in-case, bottom-up and just-in-time, top-down learning;
0:20:05 finding math and code needs in evidence (top-down);
0:25:08 simplified.
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Wondering about ChatGPT's predictions and keeping it alive.
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Details: amendments and corrections to Re96; open question—What is it good at?; open question—What does it do?; What does it take to keep (e.g.) ChatGPT 'alive'?; next, we'll cross ChatGPT with the hypotheses. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re98
Air date: Tuesday, 27th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 amendments and corrections to Re96;
0:03:30 open question—What is it good at?;
0:09:25 open question—What does it do?;
0:17:54 What does it take to keep (e.g.) ChatGPT 'alive'?;
0:30:28 next, we'll cross ChatGPT with the hypotheses.
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A summary of how the AIMA-Python implementation of BFS works and what it took to learn it.
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Details: overview; Re82 formal problems, Re84 nodes, Re90 problem implementation, Re95 final execution; the len call, and straight-line distances vs. road distances; the program running, and source. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re97
Air date: Tuesday, 27th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 overview;
0:05:02 Re82 formal problems, Re84 nodes, Re90 problem implementation, Re95 final execution;
0:08:22 the len call, and straight-line distances vs. road distances;
0:14:34 the program running, and source.
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An entry in the history books of the future.
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Details: ChatGPT is what?; the price of some labor to zero; confidence; AOSE; asking it to do something useful; reading and learning about itself. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re96
Air date: Monday, 26th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 ChatGPT is what?;
0:06:04 the price of some labor to zero;
0:17:49 confidence;
0:26:05 AOSE;
0:26:25 asking it to do something useful;
0:35:59 reading and learning about itself.
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frontier is a PriorityQueue which is built on heapq and uses f to create (score, item) pairs to be queued.
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Details: Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re95
Air date: Monday, 26th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 getting from A to B.
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Making BFS and PriorityQueue chatty to increase our confidence in their output.
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Details: printing messages to reveal the workings of BFS and PriorityQueue; transparency increases confidence. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re94
Air date: Sunday, 25th Dec. 2022, 4 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 printing messages to reveal the workings of BFS and PriorityQueue;
0:10:16 transparency increases confidence.
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Examining Nodes and their handling by PriorityQueue.
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Details: changing f and iterating a Node; discovering the Node repr method. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re93
Air date: Saturday, 24th Dec. 2022, 4 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 changing f and iterating a Node;
0:12:28 discovering the Node repr method.
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From best_first_search to Node to PriorityQueue to frontier.
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Details: stepping through BFS and PriorityQueue; frontier.items. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re92
Air date: Friday, 23rd Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 stepping through BFS and PriorityQueue;
0:15:12 frontier.items.
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Trying to make PriorityQueue work by fiddling with evaluation functions.
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Details: getting best first search to run; a success of sorts. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re91
Air date: Thursday, 22nd Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 getting best first search to run;
0:13:27 a success of sorts.
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How instantiations of Map work.
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Details: a Map has locations, neighbors and distances; tmap's locations, neighbors and distances. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re90
Air date: Thursday, 22nd Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 a Map has locations, neighbors and distances;
0:12:39 tmap's locations, neighbors and distances.
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How multimap works.
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Details: various prefatory remarks; multimap creates a dictionary of actions. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re89
Air date: Wednesday, 21st Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 various prefatory remarks;
0:03:53 multimap creates a dictionary of actions.
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Finishing what we started with multimap.
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Details: stepping through multimap; demonstrating the Map-multimap side-effects. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re88
Air date: Tuesday, 20th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 stepping through multimap;
0:22:35 demonstrating the Map-multimap side-effects.
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Unpacking the code that gets us the neighbors of our current state which are the actions available in the Romania problem.
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Details: Map and multimap; the side effects of multimap via Map on tlinks. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re87
Air date: Monday, 19th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Map and multimap;
0:49:50 the side effects of multimap via Map on tlinks.
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Getting used to the components of a search problem and algorithm implemented in Python.
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Details: Problem and RouteProblem; Map, multimap and romania; best_first_search. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re86
Air date: Sunday, 18th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Problem and RouteProblem;
0:12:06 Map, multimap and romania;
0:47:27 best_first_search.
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Looking ahead at the code we'll need.
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Details: expand(problem, node) dependencies; the RouteProblem example; looking ahead at BEST-FIRST-SEARCH implemented. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re85
Air date: Saturday, 17th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 expand(problem, node) dependencies;
0:13:15 the RouteProblem example;
0:21:38 looking ahead at BEST-FIRST-SEARCH implemented.
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Writing, as a class in Python, a data structure to represent a reached state in the environment's state space.
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Details: the structure of a node; nodes as class in Python. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re84
Air date: Friday, 16th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the structure of a node;
0:10:44 nodes as class in Python.
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Writing a well-defined problem, in Python, as an object that's an instance of the class Problem.
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Details: the structure of a 'problem'; 'Problem' implemented in Python. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re83
Air date: Thursday, 15th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the structure of a 'problem';
0:03:57 'Problem' implemented in Python.
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Using sets and functions to formalize problems.
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Details: the 'problem' in the pseudocode; formalizing a search 'problem'. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re82
Air date: Wednesday, 14th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the 'problem' in the pseudocode;
0:01:59 formalizing a search 'problem'.
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Naturally evolved intelligent entities are the origin of the other kinds.
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Details: Re10—Living to Guess Another Day; Re11—Travel; Re12—Aliens and Trouble; Re13—The Care Factor. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re81
Air date: Wednesday, 14th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Re10—Living to Guess Another Day;
0:08:15 Re11—Travel;
0:14:17 Re12—Aliens and Trouble;
0:16:39 Re13—The Care Factor.
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A first pass at the phenomena of artifacts, machines and goals.
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Details: Re6—Interface; Re7—Artifactual Goals; Re8—Strange Machines; Re9—They Can See You. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re80
Air date: Tuesday, 13th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Re6—Interface;
0:07:30 Re7—Artifactual Goals;
0:19:17 Re8—Strange Machines;
0:22:59 Re9—They Can See You.
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An overview of the phenomenon of 'intelligence agents' and agencies (government and otherwise).
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Details: Re1—Three Kinds of Intelligence; Re2—Tell the People, Tell Foes; Re3—Tell Everyone; Re4—Trust No One; Re5—Hints From Inside. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re79
Air date: Monday, 12th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Re1—Three Kinds of Intelligence;
0:10:40 Re2—Tell the People, Tell Foes;
0:19:25 Re3—Tell Everyone;
0:20:37 Re4—Trust No One;
0:21:27 Re5—Hints From Inside.
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An overview of Re70–Re76.
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Details: Re70; Re71; Re72; Re73; Re74; Re75; Re76. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re78
Air date: Sunday, 11th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Re70;
0:13:26 Re71;
0:14:27 Re72;
0:15:37 Re73;
0:16:51 Re74;
0:19:15 Re75;
0:21:03 Re76.
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An overview of Re65–Re69.
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Details: Re65; Re66; Re67; Re68; Re69. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re77
Air date: Sunday, 11th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Re65;
0:03:46 Re66;
0:07:30 Re67;
0:11:17 Re68;
0:13:55 Re69.
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Moving the airport to improve its value.
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Details: two more guesses; the hand-math; the spreadsheet-math. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re76
Air date: Saturday, 10th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 two more guesses;
0:01:50 the hand-math;
0:17:48 the spreadsheet-math.
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Can we please just place an airport?
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Details: a guess; calculating the objective function value; toil and explanation. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re75
Air date: Friday, 9th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 a guess;
0:02:44 calculating the objective function value;
0:06:23 toil and explanation.
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Bringing the algebra back down to numbers.
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Details: two cities; distance; calculating the objective function. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re74
Air date: Thursday, 8th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 two cities;
0:06:33 distance;
0:10:30 calculating the objective function.
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The limits that define our gradient.
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Details: our gradient equation; the partial derivatives. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re73
Air date: Wednesday, 7th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 our gradient equation;
0:13:01 the partial derivatives.
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Be in the math.
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Details: the airport problem; the solution vector; the objective function; the gradient vector; the partial derivative. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re72
Air date: Tuesday, 6th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the airport problem;
0:04:23 the solution vector;
0:08:44 the objective function;
0:16:18 the gradient vector;
0:21:56 the partial derivative.
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Put the airport problem first.
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Details: the airport toy problem; a pile of numbers. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re71
Air date: Monday, 5th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the airport toy problem;
0:09:32 a pile of numbers.
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The math of 'Local Search in Continuous Spaces'.
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Details: placing three airports in Romania; gradient descent; struggling. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re70
Air date: Sunday, 4th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 placing three airports in Romania;
0:04:18 gradient descent;
0:09:05 struggling.
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A strategy for technical progress.
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Details: discipline — no diving off the boat!; ECMP — four steps for dealing with the technical; TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT, a hammer looking for nails; job-AI and war-AI.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re69
Air date: Saturday, 3rd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 discipline — no diving off the boat!;
0:04:35 ECMP — four steps for dealing with the technical;
0:16:29 TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT, a hammer looking for nails;
0:19:17 job-AI and war-AI.
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Computer, do the math.
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Details: amendments to Re67; warnings about Python; using Python to do the sum.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re68
Air date: Friday, 2nd Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 amendments to Re67;
0:04:25 warnings about Python;
0:15:25 using Python to do the sum.
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The mathematical fate of TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT.
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Details: the number of entries our table would need; amendments and corrections — 'AI code' definition.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re67
Air date: Thursday, 1st Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the number of entries our table would need;
0:20:43 amendments and corrections — 'AI code' definition.
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A basic agent program in both AIMA4e pseudocode and Python.
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Details: terminology tweaks from yesterday; working TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT code; ABC — always be coding.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re66
Air date: Wednesday, 30th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 terminology tweaks from yesterday;
0:07:02 working TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT code;
0:34:24 ABC — always be coding.
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A basic agent program in both AIMA4e pseudocode and Python.
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Details: agents; TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT; program functions, agent functions, agent programs.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re65
Air date: Tuesday, 29th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 agents;
0:03:28 TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT;
0:18:20 program functions, agent functions, agent programs.
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Coming to terms with the hard things first.
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Details: How long do we have? deadlines; To do what? calibration by tests; And Retraice? learning vs. teaching; What strategy? hard first — get out of English quickly.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re64
Air date: Monday, 28th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 How long do we have? deadlines;
0:06:02 To do what? calibration by tests;
0:09:18 And Retraice? learning vs. teaching;
0:11:15 What strategy? hard first — get out of English quickly.
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A reminder for when motivation is lacking.
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Details: human action; life; biology; fear; love.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re63
Air date: Sunday, 27th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 human action;
0:09:21 life;
0:16:15 biology;
0:21:45 fear;
0:32:00 love.
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A synopsis of 'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach', 4th ed., as covered by Re57–Re61.
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Details: day 6 — review; synopsis of AIMA4e.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re62
Air date: Saturday, 26th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 day 6 — review;
0:00:52 synopsis of AIMA4e.
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'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach', 4th ed., pages 1030–1032.
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Details: day 5 — code; B1 — defining formal languages; B2 — code formatting and conventions; AI engineering.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re61
Air date: Friday, 25th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 day 5 — code;
0:01:26 B1 — defining formal languages;
0:13:47 B2 — code formatting and conventions;
0:19:37 AI engineering.
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'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach', 4th ed., pages 1023–1029.
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Details: day 4 — math; A1 — problem and algorithm analysis; A2 — line equation probing; A3 — quantifying 'probably'.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re60
Air date: Thursday, 24th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 day 4 — math;
0:05:59 A1 — problem and algorithm analysis;
0:14:15 A2 — line equation probing;
0:22:00 A3 — quantifying 'probably'.
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'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach', 4th ed., pages 651–1022.
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Details: day 3; Section V — Learning; Section VI — Interacting; Section VII — Conclusions.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re59
Air date: Wednesday, 23rd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 day 3;
0:03:43 Section V — Learning;
0:21:00 Section VI — Interacting;
0:28:29 Section VII — Conclusions.
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AIMA4e pages 208–650.
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Details: day 2; Section III — Thinking; Section IV — Uncertainty.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re58
Air date: Tuesday, 22nd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 day 2;
0:02:34 Section III — Thinking;
0:11:12 Section IV — Uncertainty.
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AIMA4e pages 1--207.
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Details: day 1; our nouns for the seven sections of AIMA4e; the preface — phenomenon, science, definitions, hacks; chapters 1–6.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re57
Air date: Monday, 21st Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 day 1;
0:01:59 our nouns for the seven sections of AIMA4e;
0:03:43 the preface — phenomenon, science, definitions, hacks;
0:09:18 chapters 1–6.
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This is how we got from Re1 to AIMA4e.
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Details: findings; implications; details; plan.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re56
Air date: Sunday, 20th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 findings;
0:02:31 implications;
0:05:59 details;
0:08:23 plan.
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It's like football---no, poker---no, chess---no, war.
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Details: Is war a game?; a singleton is bad, probably; but a (new) singleton is game victory; if we are a singleton; three modes of thinking.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re55
Air date: Saturday, 19th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Is war a game?;
0:07:58 a singleton is bad, probably;
0:11:20 but a (new) singleton is game victory;
0:16:59 if we are a singleton;
0:22:58 three modes of thinking.
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WAAIT Part 5: There are constraints on what we can believe and what we should do.
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Details: the big questions we've asked; some answers are more clear than others; belief and action implications; endgames — skeptical optimism, player orientation.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re54
Air date: Friday, 18th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the big questions we've asked;
0:03:49 some answers are more clear than others;
0:07:52 belief and action implications;
0:26:25 endgames — skeptical optimism, player orientation.
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WAAIT Part 4: What outsiders living in a world of intelligence can ask themselves.
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Details: What can't we see?; What about cumulative progress?; What about superpowers and secrecy?; on mental math (Re52 correction).
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re53
Air date: Thursday, 17th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 What can't we see?;
0:13:33 What about cumulative progress?;
0:17:03 What about superpowers and secrecy?;
0:27:38 on mental math (Re52 correction).
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WAAIT Part 3: What individuals, humanity, and players in the game can ask themselves.
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Details: AlphaCode; individuals — How much do I matter?; humanity — What are we doing again? Where are we headed?; players — How to win?
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re52
Air date: Wednesday, 16th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 AlphaCode;
0:04:09 individuals — How much do I matter?;
0:12:31 humanity — What are we doing again? Where are we headed?;
0:14:29 players — How to win?
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WAAIT Part 2: Mixing AI with things that were separate.
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Details: for better and for worse, AI and ...; intelligence; hypotheses; omniscience; other stuff.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re51
Air date: Tuesday, 15th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 for better and for worse, AI and ...;
0:05:36 intelligence;
0:15:02 hypotheses;
0:21:07 omniscience;
0:25:04 other stuff.
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WAAIT Part 1: Remembering the big thing that's bigger than all the other big things.
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Details: AI, at parties, in three dimensions; What is AI, again?
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re50
Air date: Monday, 14th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 AI, at parties, in three dimensions;
0:30:09 What is AI, again?
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China Part 3: A sketch of Xi's country.
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Details: something is happening in China; our China model; China now — the best; China now — the worst; China now — war; haunting questions.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re49
Air date: Sunday, 13th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 something is happening in China;
0:01:26 our China model;
0:05:03 China now — the best;
0:21:23 China now — the worst;
0:42:37 China now — war;
0:46:28 haunting questions.
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China Part 2: A sketch of China from the Opium Wars to 2012.
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Details: our China model and H4; What happened in China (before Xi)?; drugs; Mao; money.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re48
Air date: Saturday, 12th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 our China model and H4;
0:06:05 What happened in China (before Xi)?;
0:09:16 drugs;
0:20:16 Mao;
0:30:50 money.
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China Part 1: Sketching China while trying to avoid the conclusion that World War III is coming.
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Details: the U.S. and China; a China model; what is happing in China.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re47
Air date: Friday, 11th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the U.S. and China;
0:01:51 a China model;
0:14:10 what is happing in China.
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The Midterms Part 4: There will be suffering, resentment and the 'intent to deceive'.
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Details: deception; dysfunction; competition; hope against technology; something is happening to us.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re46
Air date: Thursday, 10th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 deception;
0:07:00 dysfunction;
0:13:25 competition;
0:20:48 hope against technology;
0:33:46 something is happening to us.
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The Midterms Part 3: The United States is first about freedom, second about consequences (and therefore equality), because freedom is so inspiring, but it has no obvious solutions to luck and evil.
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Details: one word each; definitions; two inherent problems with the ideal of freedom.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re45
Air date: Wednesday, 9th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 one word each;
0:10:41 definitions;
0:13:55 two inherent problems with the ideal of freedom.
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The Midterms Part 2: Trust (anti-nuking democracy) comes from practice (frequent voting) and drinking responsibly (not forgetting that we're being conned, which is manageable).
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Details: side notes; about that nuke; get bullshitted responsibly; it's complicated.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re44
Air date: Tuesday, 8th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 side notes;
0:02:20 about that nuke;
0:11:12 get bullshitted responsibly;
0:15:49 it's complicated.
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On Tuesday, players will be chosen for a game.
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Details: current history; tuesday's midterms; issues old, new, explicit, implicit; players will be chosen; a game.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re43
Air date: Monday, 7th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 current history;
0:02:21 tuesday's midterms;
0:08:09 issues old, new, explicit, implicit;
0:30:56 players will be chosen;
0:31:51 a game.
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We're all getting richer, but education is dividing us, and the machines are watching.
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Details: the rich and richer; cancer, protein folding, black holes; machines watching.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re42
Air date: Sunday, 6th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the rich and richer;
0:04:47 cancer, protein folding, black holes;
0:07:34 machines watching.
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Some humans can now play with proteins like Legos, and this is good for them, maybe us, and any AI that wants to takeover the Earth.
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Details: the spectrum of intelligence; the Lego blocks of life; smart and dumb are things; put on your evil hat.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re41
Air date: Saturday, 5th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the spectrum of intelligence;
0:01:47 the Lego blocks of life;
0:06:17 smart and dumb are things;
0:07:55 put on your evil hat.
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Republicans don't trust the FBI, neither of them trust the Chinese, but Brazil wants products, not a rainforest.
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Details: China, the U.S. and Apple; Republicans, whistleblowers and the FBI; the rainforest and its alternative uses; the connections.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re40
Air date: Friday, 4th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 China, the U.S. and Apple;
0:03:06 Republicans, whistleblowers and the FBI;
0:05:34 the rainforest and its alternative uses;
0:08:34 the connections.
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Live longer, in space, with Big Brother.
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Details: news matters; H1 Space — caves on Mars; H2 Technology — the robo-minister; H3 Death — making cells young again; H12 Computers — Who controls those machines?
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re39
Air date: Thursday, 3rd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 news matters;
0:02:31 H1 Space — caves on Mars;
0:03:54 H2 Technology — the robo-minister;
0:05:45 H3 Death — making cells young again;
0:08:51 H12 Computers — Who controls those machines?
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The Rhodes-Milner group, psychos, and power-attention microeconomics.
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Details: Quigley and Ferguson on the Rhodes-Milner group; psychos — '1 in 25' was wrong; power-only and power-attention microeconomics — a better explanation.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re38
Air date: Wednesday, 2nd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Quigley and Ferguson on the Rhodes-Milner group;
0:10:51 psychos — '1 in 25' was wrong;
0:11:38 power-only and power-attention microeconomics — a better explanation.
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What it would take to secure our shared world and world model.
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Details: targets and attacks; gold and silver — incentives and tests; lead bullets — people, standards, tools; the hard thing — anything goes.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re37
Air date: Tuesday, 1st Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 targets and attacks;
0:01:12 gold and silver — incentives and tests;
0:03:53 lead bullets — people, standards, tools;
0:08:26 the hard thing — anything goes.
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To secure our shared world model against devastating attack is going to take some doing.
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Details: conspiracy and conspiracy theory; problem 1 — consistency in conspiracy theory; problem 2 — don't forget the obvious; problem 3 — If there is neglect, why?; amendment — Re32 — 'BIM'.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re36
Air date: Monday, 31st Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 conspiracy and conspiracy theory;
0:02:03 problem 1 — consistency in conspiracy theory;
0:04:56 problem 2 — don't forget the obvious;
0:08:58 problem 3 — If there is neglect, why?;
0:11:10 amendment — Re32 — 'BIM'.
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Cool stuff that didn't make it into those segments.
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Details: sources and depth added to 'Re17: Hypotheses to Eleven'; betterment, simplified; 'objective observables' added to 'Re18: Plan of Attack'; 'an area that you can do absolutely nothing about' (Re33).
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re35
Air date: Sunday, 30th Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 sources and depth added to 'Re17: Hypotheses to Eleven';
0:02:03 betterment, simplified;
0:02:48 'objective observables' added to 'Re18: Plan of Attack';
0:05:20 'an area that you can do absolutely nothing about' (Re33).
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We involuntarily model hyperobjects and then yap about them.
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Details: we are not our opinions; the guy at the sandwich shop; opinions are about hyperobjects; Munger's razor; the world about which we're supposed to have opinions.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re34
Air date: Saturday, 29th Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 we are not our opinions;
0:00:55 the guy at the sandwich shop;
0:09:33 opinions are about hyperobjects;
0:15:43 Munger's razor;
0:18:45 the world about which we're supposed to have opinions.
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What outsiders and power have to do with each other.
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Details: like talking to the TV; power - definitions and evidence; waste of resources with respect to power; perception, power and deception; if you want power and attention; if you want only power; some guy told me once; Is the cabal plausible?; convincing outsiders that they're insiders; 'an area that you can do absolutely nothing about'; good actions implied by our models.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re33
Air date: Friday, 28th Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 like talking to the TV;
0:02:01 power - definitions and evidence;
0:04:57 waste of resources with respect to power;
0:06:44 perception, power and deception;
0:09:08 if you want power and attention;
0:11:30 if you want only power;
0:13:27 some guy told me once;
0:16:29 Is the cabal plausible?;
0:21:26 convincing outsiders that they're insiders;
0:24:55 'an area that you can do absolutely nothing about';
0:27:29 good actions implied by our models.
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What our new machine overlords are up to.
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Details: I.J. Good, one more time; What's a model?; AI news; AI Weekly by Essentials #300; AI Weekly by Essentials #299; 'New, transparent AI tool may help detect blood poisoning'; '6 Reactions to the White House's AI Bill of Rights'; 'Inside effective altruism, where the far future counts a lot more than the present'.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re32
Air date: Thursday, 27th Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 I.J. Good, one more time;
0:03:39 What's a model?;
0:06:06 AI news;
0:07:31 AI Weekly by Essentials #300;
0:09:39 AI Weekly by Essentials #299;
0:12:02 'New, transparent AI tool may help detect blood poisoning';
0:16:02 '6 Reactions to the White House's AI Bill of Rights';
0:18:58 'Inside effective altruism, where the far future counts a lot more than the present'.
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Technology might become an unacceptable solution (to anything).
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Details: Threat models entail building AI?; Building AI entails surrender of control?; Threat models entail surrender of control?; Do we care about control, or something less than control?; What is being done?; Re31 Paid is about World Model 5.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re30
Air date: Wednesday, 26th Oct. 2022, 11 : 45 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Threat models entail building AI?;
0:07:08 Building AI entails surrender of control?;
0:10:52 Threat models entail surrender of control?;
0:13:41 Do we care about control, or something less than control?;
0:14:33 What is being done?;
0:18:55 Re31 Paid is about World Model 5.
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Headlines should connect directly to our model of what's going on out there.
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Details: about news and headlines; New York Times; Fox News; Financial Times; Wall Street Journal; BBC; Vice; TMZ.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re29
Air date: Tuesday, 25th Oct. 2022, 11 : 45 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 about news and headlines;
0:01:48 New York Times;
0:06:53 Fox News;
0:09:00 Financial Times;
0:14:58 Wall Street Journal;
0:17:19 BBC;
0:19:38 Vice;
0:22:48 TMZ.
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Is the world model right, true, fit and mixed?
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Details: Is the world model good?; Why do you ask?; How would we know? RTFM; two problems with RTFM.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re28
Air date: Monday, 24th Oct. 2022, 11 : 50 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 Is the world model good?;
0:00:53 Why do you ask?;
0:02:24 How would we know? RTFM;
0:11:00 two problems with RTFM.
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A world model should model the world.
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Details: natural intelligence is threat modeling; self model - survivors and thrivers; motivation model - fun and doom; decisions - the two problems of life and the problem of death; nature is physics, selection and not f-ing around; strategic intelligence is game theory; artificial intelligence is computer control.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re27
Air date: Sunday, 23rd Oct. 2022, 11 : 45 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 natural intelligence is threat modeling;
0:03:39 self model - survivors and thrivers;
0:05:00 motivation model - fun and doom;
0:06:24 decisions - the two problems of life and the problem of death;
0:07:45 nature is physics, selection and not f-ing around;
0:11:18 strategic intelligence is game theory;
0:13:34 artificial intelligence is computer control.
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Because we're looking for something.
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Details: World Model 3; what we're looking for; what could be there; finding it; searching 'computer control'; searching 'GNR' and 'Kurzweil'; messages, messengers and a better world model.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re26
Air date: Saturday, 22nd Oct. 2022, 11 : 55 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 World Model 3;
0:01:23 what we're looking for;
0:04:04 what could be there;
0:04:59 finding it;
0:05:56 searching 'computer control';
0:14:14 searching 'GNR' and 'Kurzweil';
0:18:58 messages, messengers and a better world model.
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Because why not.
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Details: side note - three hidden assumptions; World Model 2; the news; Eight M's - A cheatsheet for quick collection and analysis; impressions of the Times and Fox; applying the eight M's; messages and the messengers.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re25
Air date: Friday, 21st Oct. 2022, 11 : 30 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 side note - three hidden assumptions;
0:02:25 World Model 2;
0:03:08 the news;
0:06:00 eight M's - a cheatsheet for quick collection and analysis;
0:07:15 impressions of the Times and Fox;
0:14:27 applying the eight M's;
0:16:54 messages and the messengers.
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We're not going to talk; we're going to do.
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Details: a crisis; World Model 1; against method; Don't talk. Do.; chimps and bonobos and inquiry; changing tacks.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re24
Air date: Thursday, 20th Oct. 2022, 11 : 20 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 a crisis;
0:01:21 World Model 1;
0:03:39 against method;
0:06:04 Don't talk. Do.;
0:07:52 chimps and bonobos and inquiry;
0:10:59 changing tacks.
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What's going on out there is hard to know and the deadlines are real.
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Details: get serious; What the hell is he talking about?; What is a world model?; Why do we need a world model?; not winging it.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re23
Air date: Wednesday, 19th Oct. 2022, 10 : 35 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 get serious;
0:01:01 What the hell is he talking about?;
0:02:52 What is a world model?;
0:05:22 Why do we need a world model?;
0:09:57 not winging it.
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One hypothesis to rule them all.
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Details: eleven is a lot; simplifying and integrating; H12: Computer Control; this is going somewhere.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re22
Air date: Wednesday, 19th Oct. 2022, 12 : 15 AM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 eleven is a lot;
0:04:06 simplifying and integrating;
0:07:05 H12: Computer Control;
0:10:41 this is going somewhere.
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Real deadlines are happening all around us, all the time.
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Details: the darkness; 'last-time' thought experiments; good or bad; windows of opportunity.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re21
Air date: Sunday, 16th Oct. 2022, 11 : 50 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the darkness;
0:05:46 'last-time' thought experiments;
0:12:53 good or bad;
0:16:25 windows of opportunity.
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Real deadlines make allocating resources hard.
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Details: do or die; the fog of the future; hypotheses and deadlines; your groups and resources; feedback loops; the Fermi paradox.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re20
Air date: Sunday, 16th Oct. 2022, 11 : 25 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 do or die;
0:02:19 the fog of the future;
0:04:21 hypotheses and deadlines;
0:10:25 your groups and resources;
0:13:13 feedback loops;
0:17:28 the Fermi paradox.
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What we think now is going to matter a lot to our future.
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Details: simplifying the hypotheses; H12—computer control; nature; GNR, GCR, B&R what's GOOT matters most to the future; getting it wrong.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re19
Air date: Monday, 10th Oct. 2022, 2 : 30 AM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 simplifying the hypotheses;
0:03:40 H12—computer control;
0:05:25 nature;
0:06:19 GNR, GCR, B&R
0:10:14 what's GOOT matters most to the future;
0:12:38 getting it wrong.
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On 'current history', or what might be going on out there.
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Details: what's GOOT; current history; hypotheses [and some predictions]; What's next?
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re17
Air date: Monday, 7th Mar. 2022, 4 : 20 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 what's GOOT;
0:01:35 current history;
0:04:30 hypotheses [and some predictions];
0:13:38 What's next?
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On answering the question ‘What’s going on out there?’
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Details: "what's going on out there"?; omniscience—physical, animate, mental; What are the people up to?; nonsense; sources and trust.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re14
Air date: Friday, 13th Nov. 2020, 3 : 40 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 "what's going on out there"?;
02:38 omniscience—physical, animate, mental;
08:51 What are the people up to?;
09:56 nonsense;
12:46 sources and trust.
References:
Honderich, T. (Ed.) (2005). Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0199264791. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0199264791
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0199264791
https://lccn.loc.gov/2005275452
Weatherford, R. C. (2005). Determinism. (pp. 208–209). In Honderich (2005).
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A constraint on intelligences.
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Details: what intelligence can't do; taking care seriously; two beings, one doesn't care; computers don't give a damn'; common-sense; existence; a tar pit of creatures and language; logical, causal andvolitional' necessity; things you're not going to do. ALSO MENTIONED (in mp3 or PDF notes): Oren Etzioni, Gary Marcus.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re13
Air date: Tuesday, 10th Nov. 2020, 1 : 25 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 what intelligence can't do;
00:56 taking care seriously;
01:55 two beings, one doesn't care;
04:37 `computers don't give a damn';
07:24 common-sense;
08:40 existence;
09:51 a tar pit of creatures and language;
12:14 logical, causal and `volitional' necessity;
16:08 things you're not going to do.
References:
Adams, Z., & Browning, J. (Eds.) (2017). Giving a Damn: Essays in Dialogue with John Haugeland. MIT. ISBN: 978-0262035248. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0262035248
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0262035248
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016016598
Churchland, P., & Churchland, P. (2000). Foreward to the second edition of Von Neumann’s The Computer and the Brain. In von Neumann (1958).
Ford, M. (2018). Architects of Intelligence: The truth about AI from the people building it. Packt. ISBN: 978-1789131512. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1789131512
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1789131512
Frankfurt, H. G. (1988). The Importance of What We Care About. Cambridge. ISBN: 978-0521336116. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0521336116
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0521336116
https://lccn.loc.gov/87026941
Haugeland, J. (1998). Having Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind. Harvard. ISBN: 0674382331. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0674382331
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0674382331
https://lccn.loc.gov/97044542
Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
von Neumann, J. (1958). The Computer and the Brain. Yale, 3rd ed. First published 1958. Third edition 2012. ISBN: 978-0300181111. Searches for this edition:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0300181111
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0300181111
https://lccn.loc.gov/2011943281
Different editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Computer%20and%20the%20Brain
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On thinking about alien intelligences—real or not, perceived or not.
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Details: what you think and how you think; getting in trouble; the crazies; taking the subject seriously; thinking about `them'; documents, manipulation, evidence; more difficulties.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re12
Air date: Thursday, 5th Nov. 2020, 12 : 50 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 what you think and how you think;
00:56 getting in trouble;
03:07 the crazies;
03:43 taking the subject seriously;
09:22 thinking about `them';
14:51 documents, manipulation, evidence;
19:17 more difficulties.
References:
Cohen, J., & Stewart, I. (2002). Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life. Ebury. ISBN: 978-0091879272. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=evolving+the+alien
https://www.google.com/search?q=evolving+the+alien
https://lccn.loc.gov/2003427167
Dolan, R. M. (2002). UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973. Keyhole, 2nd revised ed. ISBN: 978-1571743176. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1571743176
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1571743176
https://lccn.loc.gov/2001099307
Dolan, R. M. (2009). UFOs and the National Security State: The Cover-Up Exposed, 1973-1991. Keyhole. ISBN: 978-0967799513. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0967799513
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0967799513
Hitchens, C. (2001). Letters to a Young Contrarian. Basic / Perseus. ISBN: 0465030327. Searches:
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Kelleher, C. A., & Knapp, G. (2005). Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah. Paraview Pocket Books. ISBN: 978-1416505211. Searches:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2005053457
Margin (2020/11/05). Ma12: Quitting Your Day Job. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma12 Retrieved 5th Nov. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Vallee, J. (1969). Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds. Contemporary Books. Original edition 1969; this edition 1993. ISBN: 0809237962. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0809237962
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0809237962
https://lccn.loc.gov/93003427
Vallee, J. (1975). The Invisible College: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered about UFO Influence on the Human Race. E. P. Dutton. ISBN: 0525474501. Searches:
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Vallee, J. (1979). Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. And/Or Press. ISBN: 0915904381. A different edition available at:
https://archive.org/details/MessengersOfDeceptionUFOContactsAndCultsJacquesValle1979/mode/2up
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On where intelligent things can go, and when, and how.
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Details: travel is smart, motion is dumb; What's the difference?; mental time travel; the marshmallow test—and trust; time travel is space travel; space and time are bizarre; drawing the intelligence line; Hinton's five-year-old experiment; other creatures; What is natural intelligence really about?; amendments and corrections—Feynman's rules, Darwin's delay.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re11
Air date: Wednesday, 4th Nov. 2020, 1 : 05 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 travel is smart, motion is dumb;
03:15 What's the difference?;
06:24 mental time travel;
07:20 the marshmallow test—and trust;
10:12 time travel is space travel;
11:24 space and time are bizarre;
13:26 drawing the intelligence line;
15:30 Hinton's five-year-old experiment;
20:56 other creatures;
22:52 What is natural intelligence really about?;
23:22 amendments and corrections—Feynman's rules, Darwin's delay.
References:
Ford, M. (2018). Architects of Intelligence: The truth about AI from the people building it. Packt. ISBN: 978-1789131512. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1789131512
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1789131512
Kidd, C., Palmeri, H., & Aslin, R. N. (2013). Rational snacking: Young children’s decision-making on the marshmallow task is moderated by beliefs about environmental reliability. Cognition, 126(1), 109–114.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010027712001849 Retrieved 4th Nov. 2020.
Mischel, W. (2014). The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control. Little, Brown and Company, Kindle ed. ISBN: 978-0316230858. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0316230858
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0316230858
https://lccn.loc.gov/2014018058
O’Shea, M. (2005). The Brain: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford. ISBN: 978-0192853929. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0192853929
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0192853929
https://lccn.loc.gov/2005027741
Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/11/02). Re10: Living to Guess Another Day. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re10 Retrieved 2nd Nov. 2020.
Russell, B. (1921). The Analysis of Mind. Macmillan. No ISBN.
https://books.google.com/books?id=4dYLAAAAIAAJ Retrieved 6th May. 2019.
Shettleworth, S. J. (2013). Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition. Oxford. ISBN: 978-0195343106. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0195343106
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0195343106
https://lccn.loc.gov/2012000398
Watts, T. W., Duncan, G. J., & Quan, H. (2018). Revisiting the marshmallow test: A conceptual replication investigating links between early delay of gratification and later outcomes. Psychological Science, 29(7), 1159–1177.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797618761661 Retrieved 4th Nov. 2020.
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On guessing, checking and fighting.
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Details: natural intelligence; you've realized you're dumb; what (natural) intelligence might be; historical candidates for smartish and dumb; the truth comes out; guessing; intelligence and learning might be unconnected; intelligence might be about perception; an absolute measure of intelligence; IQ; checking; Feynman's Cargo Cult Science; side note—for machines, easy is hard and hard is easy; pseudoscience; a shining example of science—and disappointment; he took away the information; reasons to reproduce checks; fighting; fighting for guesses; Darwin's belated fight; science is so recent, but babies aren't; recap.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re10
Air date: Monday, 2nd Nov. 2020, 12 : 00 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 natural intelligence;
01:47 you've realized you're dumb;
06:41 what (natural) intelligence might be;
07:29 historical candidates for smartish and dumb;
13:21 the truth comes out;
14:48 guessing;
16:25 intelligence and learning might be unconnected;
19:37 intelligence might be about perception;
20:21 an absolute measure of intelligence;
24:30 IQ;
25:22 checking;
27:23 Feynman's Cargo Cult Science;
29:08 side note—for machines, easy is hard and hard is easy;
30:00 pseudoscience;
32:44 a shining example of science—and disappointment;
34:54 he took away the information;
37:56 reasons to reproduce checks;
39:55 fighting;
41:32 fighting for guesses;
43:04 Darwin's belated fight;
43:43 science is so recent, but babies aren't;
45:44 recap.
References:
Barlow, H. B. (2004). Guessing and intelligence. (pp. 382–384). In Gregory (2004).
BBC Two (2014). Brian Cox visits the world’s biggest vacuum — Human Universe - BBC. Uploaded 24th Oct. 2014.
https://youtu.be/E43-CfukEgs Retrieved 2nd Nov. 2020.
Copi, I. M. (1972). Introduction to Logic. Macmillan, 4th ed. No ISBN. Webpages:
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Logic-Irving-M-Copi/dp/B000J54UWU
https://books.google.com/books/about/Introduction_to_Logic.html?id=sxbszAEACAAJ
https://lccn.loc.gov/70171565
Deary, I. J. (2001). Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford. ISBN: 978-0192893215. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0192893215
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0192893215
https://lccn.loc.gov/2001269139
Feynman, R. (1974). Cargo cult science. Engineering and Science, 7(37), 10–13.
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Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y., & Courville, A. (2016). Deep Learning. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262035613. Ebook available at:
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Gopnik, A., Meltzoff, A. N., & Kuhl, P. K. (1999). The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind. Perennial / HarperCollins. ISBN: 0688159885. Searches:
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Gregory, R. L. (Ed.) (2004). The Oxford Companion to the Mind. Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0198662246. Searches:
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Hart-Davis, A. (Ed.) (2009). Science: The Definitive Visual Guide. DK. ISBN 978-0756689018. Searches:
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Legg, S., & Hutter, M. (2007). Universal intelligence: A definition of machine intelligence. Minds & Machines, 17(4), 391–444. December 2007.
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Macphail, E. M. (1982). Brain and Intelligence in Vertebrates. Oxford. Book pending receipt by Retraice. ISBN 978-0198545514. Searches:
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Margin (2020/10/26). Ma7: Reading and Writing. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma7 Retrieved 27th Oct. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/10/28). Re8: Strange Machines. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re8 Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.
Shettleworth, S. J. (2010). Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior. Oxford, 2nd ed. ISBN: 978-0195319842. Searches:
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van Wyhe, J. (2007). Mind the gap: did Darwin avoid publishing his theory for many years? Notes Rec. R. Soc., 61, 177–205.
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Yudkowsky, E. (2013). Intelligence explosion microeconomics. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Technical report 2013-1.
https://intelligence.org/files/IEM.pdf Retrieved ca. 9th Dec. 2018.
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On what is perceptible to AI, and AI controllers.
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Details: AI, and the people who use it; rods, cones and 4-D perception; camouflage failure; prediction machines; `they'; they can see future-you—the Target debacle; today and tomorrow; reality and fitness; the fitness of the vertical illusion; minds connected and disconnected; the quantum chessboard; correction for Re8.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re9
**Air date:** Saturday, 31st Oct. 2020, 12 : 10 PM Pacific/US.
**Chapters:**
00:00 AI, and the people who use it;
01:22 rods, cones and 4-D perception;
05:08 camouflage failure;
07:50 prediction machines;
11:36 `they';
15:43 they can see future-you—the Target debacle;
17:43 today and tomorrow;
18:26 reality and fitness;
22:21 the fitness of the vertical illusion;
25:44 minds connected and disconnected;
27:23 the quantum chessboard;
39:11 correction for Re8.
References:
Agrawal, A., Gans, J., & Goldfarb, A. (2018). Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence. Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN: 978-1633695672. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1633695672
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1633695672
https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049211
Anderson, R. (2015). He who pays the AI calls the tune. (pp. 201–203). In Brockman (2015).
Bell, J. S. (1987). Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy. Cambridge, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0521523389. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0521523389
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https://lccn.loc.gov/86032728
Brockman, J. (Ed.) (2015). What to Think About Machines That Think: Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence. Harper Perennial. ISBN: 978-0062425652. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0062425652
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0062425652
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016303054
Dyson, G. (2015). Analog, the revolution that dares not speak its name. (pp. 255–256). In Brockman (2015).
Ellenberg, J. (2014). How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0143127536. Searches:
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Gefter, A., & Hoffman, D. (2016/04/25). The case against reality. The Atlantic. Previously published in Quanta.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/the-illusion-of-reality/479559/ Retrieved 31 Oct 2020.
Jackson, R. E., & Cormack, L. K. (2008). Evolved navigation theory and the environmental vertical illusion. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 299–304.
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cps/_files/cormack-pdf/12Evolved_navigation_theory2009.pdf Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/10/28). Re8: Strange Machines. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re8 Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.
Russell, B. (1992). Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits. Routledge. First published in 1948. This edition 1992. ISBN: 0415083028. Different editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Human%20Knowledge%3A%20Its%20Scope%20and%20Limits
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A survey of the idea that technology is creatures.
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Details: we should call them something else; high-altitude fruit; Simon—the rules are the same; Grey Walter's tortoises; Butler—war to the death; Dyson—they're not imaginary; Wolfram's simple programs; Yudkowsky on fire alarms; I. J. Good—take science fiction seriously; unquestionably'; Yudkowsky—smartish stuff; S. Russell and Norvig—operating on their own; two meanings ofthe singularity'; a moral challenge; S. Russell—the user's mind; Dyson—worry less about intelligence; Smallberg—energy sources and replication; a digression on search; Dietterich—reproduction with autonomy; the work; Bostrom—deferred gratification; our civilization is evidence of capacity; skyscrapers seem taller than they are.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re8
Air date: Wednesday, 28th Oct. 2020, 3 : 30 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 we should call them something else;
00:35 high-altitude fruit;
02:55 Simon—the rules are the same;
04:06 Grey Walter's tortoises;
08:19 Butler—war to the death;
11:16 Dyson—they're not imaginary;
14:02 Wolfram's simple programs;
15:49 Yudkowsky on fire alarms;
17:14 I. J. Good—take science fiction seriously;
18:36 `unquestionably';
19:29 Yudkowsky—smartish stuff;
23:00 S. Russell and Norvig—operating on their own;
24:55 two meanings of `the singularity';
25:41 a moral challenge;
26:52 S. Russell—the user's mind;
28:46 Dyson—worry less about intelligence;
30:24 Smallberg—energy sources and replication;
31:13 a digression on search;
34:02 Dietterich—reproduction with autonomy;
35:55 the work;
36:46 Bostrom—deferred gratification;
39:13 our civilization is evidence of capacity;
39:52 skyscrapers seem taller than they are.
References:
Bostrom, N. (2014). Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford. First published in 2014. Citations are from the pbk. edition, 2016. ISBN: 978-0198739838. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0198739838
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0198739838
https://lccn.loc.gov/2015956648
Brockman, J. (Ed.) (2015). What to Think About Machines That Think: Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence. Harper Perennial. ISBN: 978-0062425652. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0062425652
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0062425652
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016303054
Brockman, J. (Ed.) (2019). Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0525557999. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0525557999
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0525557999
https://lccn.loc.gov/2018032888
Butler, S. (1863). Darwin among the machines. The Press (Canterbury, New Zealand). Reprinted in Butler et al. (1923).
Butler, S., Jones, H., & Bartholomew, A. (1923). The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler Vol. 1. J. Cape. No ISBN.
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de Garis, H. (2005). The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans: A Bitter Controversy Concerning Whether Humanity Should Build Godlike Massively Intelligent Machines. ETC Publications. ISBN: 0882801546. Searches:
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Dietterich, T. G. (2015). How to prevent an intelligence explosion. (pp. 380–383). In Brockman (2015).
Dyson, G. (2019). The third law. (pp. 31–40). In Brockman (2019).
Dyson, G. B. (1997). Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence. Basic Books. ISBN: 978-0465031627. Searches:
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Good, I. J. (1965). Speculations concerning the first ultraintelligent machine. Advances in Computers, 6, 31–88.
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Harris, S. (2016). Can we build AI without losing control over it? — Sam Harris. TED.
https://youtu.be/8nt3edWLgIg Retrieved 28th Oct. 2020.
Holland, O. (2003). Exploration and high adventure: the legacy of Grey Walter. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 361, 2085–2121.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/9025611 Retrieved 22nd Nov. 2019. See also:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grey+walter+tortoise+
Jackson, R. E., & Cormack, L. K. (2008). Evolved navigation theory and the environmental vertical illusion. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 299–304.
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cps/_files/cormack-pdf/12Evolved_navigation_theory2009.pdf Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.
Kurzweil, R. (2005). The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0143037880. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0143037880
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2004061231
Legg, S., & Hutter, M. (2007a). A collection of definitions of intelligence. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 157, 17–24. June 2007.
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Legg, S., & Hutter, M. (2007b). Universal intelligence: A definition of machine intelligence. Minds & Machines, 17(4), 391–444. December 2007.
https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3329 Retrieved ca. 10 Mar. 2019.
Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/08). Re2: Tell the People, Tell Foes. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re2 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Russell, S. (2019). Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. Viking. ISBN: 978-0525558613. Searches:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029688
Russell, S., & Norvig, P. (2020). Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Pearson, 4th ed. ISBN: 978-0134610993. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0134610993
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0134610993
https://lccn.loc.gov/2019047498
Simon, H. A. (1996). The Sciences of the Artificial. MIT, 3rd ed. ISBN: 0262691914. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0262691914
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0262691914
https://lccn.loc.gov/96012633
Previous editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20sciences%20of%20the%20artificial
Smallberg, G. (2015). No shared theory of mind. (pp. 297–299). In Brockman (2015).
Ulam, S. (1958). John von Neumann 1903-1957. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 64, 1–49.
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Weizenbaum, J. (1976). Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation. W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN: 0716704633. Also available at:
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Wolfram, S. (Ed.) (2002). A New Kind of Science. Wolfram Media, Inc. ISBN: 1579550088. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=1579550088
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+1579550088
https://lccn.loc.gov/2001046603
Yudkowsky, E. (2013). Intelligence explosion microeconomics. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Technical report 2013-1.
https://intelligence.org/files/IEM.pdf Retrieved ca. 9th Dec. 2018.
Yudkowsky, E. (2017). There’s no fire alarm for artificial general intelligence. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. 13th Oct. 2017.
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On goals producing artifacts-producing-goals, and machines coming alive.
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Details: goals; goals produce artifacts; artifacts might absorb goals; artifacts cause goals; artifacts might absorb their own goals; artifacts might absorb each others' goals; machines alive; goals coming out of machines; artifacts exchanging goals; What would we do if we knew?; totalitarianism; war.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re7
Air date: Monday, 26th Oct. 2020, 5 : 50 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 goals;
01:47 goals produce artifacts;
02:45 artifacts might absorb goals;
03:39 artifacts cause goals;
05:47 artifacts might absorb their own goals;
09:10 artifacts might absorb each others' goals;
10:01 machines alive;
14:05 goals coming out of machines;
17:40 artifacts exchanging goals;
18:06 What would we do if we knew?;
20:36 totalitarianism;
21:57 war.
References:
Bostrom, N. (2014). Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford. First published in 2014. Citations are from the pbk. edition, 2016. ISBN: 978-0198739838. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0198739838
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0198739838
https://lccn.loc.gov/2015956648
Butler, S. (1863). Darwin among the machines. The Press (Canterbury, New Zealand). Reprinted in Butler et al. (1923).
Butler, S., Jones, H., & Bartholomew, A. (1923). The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler Vol. 1. J. Cape. No ISBN.
https://books.google.com/books?id=B-LQAAAAMAAJ Retrieved 27th Oct. 2020.
de Garis, H. (2005). The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans: A Bitter Controversy Concerning Whether Humanity Should Build Godlike Massively Intelligent Machines. ETC Publications. ISBN: 0882801546. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0882801546
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0882801546
Dyson, G. B. (1997). Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence. Basic Books. ISBN: 978-0465031627. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0465031627
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2012943208
Good, I. J. (1965). Speculations concerning the first ultraintelligent machine. Advances in Computers, 6, 31–88.
https://exhibits.stanford.edu/feigenbaum/catalog/gz727rg3869 Retrieved 27th Oct. 2020.
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Retrieved 26th Oct. 2020.
Russell, S. (2019). Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. Viking. ISBN: 978-0525558613. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0525558613
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0525558613
https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029688
Simon, H. A. (1996). The Sciences of the Artificial. MIT, 3rd ed. ISBN: 0262691914. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0262691914
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0262691914
https://lccn.loc.gov/96012633
Previous editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20sciences%20of%20the%20artificial
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On what AI is or isn’t, and whether it’s between things.
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Details: no one knows what AI is; six questions; AI is an ocean; Herbert Simon on `the artificial'; an interface; artifacts; a battery; goals and environments; goals connected to batteries; simple and complex artifacts; amendments, corrections; Schneier was not a physicist; we got the Dulles quote on conspiracy; Russell on the small mental gaps between creatures.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re6
Air date: Sunday, 25th Oct. 2020, 07 : 20 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 no one knows what AI is;
00:46 six questions;
09:22 AI is an ocean;
12:14 Herbert Simon on `the artificial';
13:08 an interface;
15:20 artifacts;
16:09 a battery;
19:08 goals and environments;
21:13 goals connected to batteries;
25:14 simple and complex artifacts;
25:38 amendments, corrections;
25:53 Schneier was not a physicist;
26:13 we got the Dulles quote on conspiracy;
28:43 Russell on the small mental gaps between creatures.
References:
Amdahl, K. (1991). There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings. Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 0962781592. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0962781592
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0962781592
https://lccn.loc.gov/91203772
Margin (2020/10/22). Ma4: Assumptions (A Wrestling Match). retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma4 Retrieved 24th Oct. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/11). Re5: Hints From Inside. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re5 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Russell, S., & Norvig, P. (2020). Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Pearson, 4th ed. ISBN: 978-0134610993. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0134610993
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0134610993
https://lccn.loc.gov/2019047498
Simon, H. A. (1996). The Sciences of the Artificial. MIT, 3rd ed. ISBN: 0262691914. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0262691914
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0262691914
https://lccn.loc.gov/96012633
Previous editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20sciences%20of%20the%20artificial
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On problems of survival: destruction by enemies and fanatics.
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Details: `an ideal vehicle for conspiracy'; hints from the inside; we want the 5 percent; legwork; empiricism; competition; survival of life, leisure and legislation; Timothy Ash's op-ed in the FT today; solutions to information and trust problems; Dulles chpt. 15 recap; recap; next. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re5
Series: Dulles - Craft of Intelligence, Chpt. 15, ‘Security in a Free Society’, Part 4, final.
Air date: Friday, 11th Sep. 2020, 4 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 `an ideal vehicle for conspiracy';
03:08 hints from the inside;
04:32 we want the 5 percent;
10:42 legwork;
11:37 empiricism;
12:54 competition;
16:31 survival of life, leisure and legislation;
22:34 Timothy Ash's op-ed in the FT today;
24:54 solutions to information and trust problems;
27:50 Dulles chpt. 15 recap;
34:57 recap;
36:23 next.
References:
Andrew, C. (2018). The Secret World: A History of Intelligence. Yale University Press. ISBN in paperback edition printed as “978-0-300-23844-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)”. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0300238440
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0300238440
https://lccn.loc.gov/2018947154
Andrew, C., & Dilks, D. (Eds.) (1984). The Missing Dimension: Governments and Intelligence Communities in the Twentieth Century. Macmillan Publishers LTD (eBook), University of Illinois Press (hbk). ISBN 978-1349072347 (PDF eBook); ISBN 0252011570 (hbk). Citations may be from the PDF or the hbk. eBook available at:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-1-349-07234-7.pdf Retrieved 20 Aug. 2020.
Ash, T. G. (2020). Hearts don’t beat faster for ‘the rules-based international order’. Financial Times. 10th Sep. 2020
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Dulles, A. (1947). Germany’s Underground: The Anti-Nazi Resistance. De Capo. First published 1947; De Capo edition 2000. ISBN: 0306809281. Searches:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/99058434
Dulles, A. (2016). The Craft of Intelligence. Lyons Press / Rowman & Littlefield. First published 1963. This edition copyright Joan Buresch Talley, daughter of Dulles. ISBN: 978-1493018796. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1493018796
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1493018796
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016017105
Different editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Craft%20of%20Intelligence
Harrington, J. (1887). The Commonwealth of Oceana. George Routledge and Sons. First published 1656. This edition 1887.
https://archive.org/details/cu31924030366094/page/n9/mode/2up Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020.
Oleson, P. C. (Ed.) (2016). AFIO’s Guide to the Study of Intelligence. Association of Former Intelligence Officers, 1st ed. Citations are of the pbk edition, ISBN: 978-0997527308. PDF edition available at:
https://www.afio.com/40_guide.htm Retrieved 10th Sep. 2020.
Ransom, H. H. (1984). Secret intelligence in the United States, 1947-1982: the CIA’s search for legitimacy. In Andrew & Dilks (1984).
Retraice (2020/09/08). Re2: Tell the People, Tell Foes. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re2 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/xx/xx). Re6: Interface. retraice.com. Pending publication.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re6 Retrieval pending.
Samuelson, R. (2017). A government of laws, not of men. Claremont Review of Books. Fall, 2017.
https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/a-government-of-laws-not-of-men/ Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020.
Talbot, D. (2015). The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government. Harper Perennial. ISBN: 978-0062276179. Searches:
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https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0062276179
https://lccn.loc.gov/2015487367
NBC News (1965). The science of spying. [video recording]. 4th May. 1965.
https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.614513 Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020. See also:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP67-00318R000100050001-2.pdf (a script) and
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000500260013-9.pdf (an analysis of the content and public reactions to it) Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020.
Vallee, J. (1979). Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. And/Or Press. ISBN: 0915904381. A different edition available at:
https://archive.org/details/MessengersOfDeceptionUFOContactsAndCultsJacquesValle1979/mode/2up
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On problems of trust: ‘contrived leaks’ and betrayals.
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Details: Dunlap; main points—unintended problems and problems of trust; Sey Hersh on the CIA's family jewels'; problems of trust—contrived leaks' and betrayals; `contrived leaks'—when the motivation is sub-group hostility; betrayals—when the motivation is (in cause or in effect) hostile to the whole group; MICE; the havoc; moles; recap; next.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re4
Series: Dulles - Craft of Intelligence, Chpt. 15, ‘Security in a Free Society’, Part 3.
**Air date:** Thursday, 10th Sep. 2020, 10 AM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 Dunlap;
01:47 main points—unintended problems and problems of trust;
03:26 Sey Hersh on the CIA's 'family jewels';
06:03 problems of trust—`contrived leaks' and betrayals;
06:40 `contrived leaks'—when the motivation is sub-group hostility;
18:11 betrayals—when the motivation is (in cause or in effect) hostile to the whole group;
20:08 MICE;
22:22 the havoc;
30:57 moles;
33:30 recap;
34:47 next.
References:
Charney, D. L., & Irvin, J. A. (2016). A guide to the psychology of espionage. In Oleson (2016).
Dulles, A. (2016). The Craft of Intelligence. Lyons Press / Rowman & Littlefield. First published 1963. This edition copyright Joan Buresch Talley, daughter of Dulles. ISBN: 978-1493018796. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1493018796
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1493018796
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016017105
Different editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Craft%20of%20Intelligence
Grose, P. (1994). Gentleman Spy: The Life of Allen Dulles. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 0395516072. Also available at:
https://archive.org/details/gentlemanspylife00gros
Hersh, S. M. (2018). Reporter: A Memoir. Vintage / Penguin Random House. ISBN: 978-0307276612. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0307276612
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0307276612
https://lccn.loc.gov/2017051856
Lowenthal, M. M. (2020). Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy. CQ Press / SAGE Publications, 8th ed. ISBN: 978-1544358345. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1544358345
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1544358345
https://lccn.loc.gov/2019027254
Other editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Intelligence%3A%20From%20Secrets%20to%20Policy
Oleson, P. C. (Ed.) (2016). AFIO’s Guide to the Study of Intelligence. Association of Former Intelligence Officers, 1st ed. Citations are of the pbk edition, ISBN: 978-0997527308. PDF edition available at:
https://www.afio.com/40_guide.htm Retrieved 10th Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/11). Re5: Hints From Inside. retraice.com.
https://www.retraice.com/segments/re5 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Schneier, B. (2003). Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. Copernicus Books. ISBN: 0387026207. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0387026207
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0387026207
https://lccn.loc.gov/2003051488
Similar edition available at:
https://archive.org/details/beyondfearthinki00schn_0
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On problems of information: ‘careless leaks’ and ‘giveaways’.
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Details: main points; problems of information; problems of trust; problems of survival; problems of information—'careless leaks' and 'giveaways'; 'careless leaks'; 'giveaways'; recap; next.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re3
Dulles - Craft of Intelligence, Chpt. 15, ‘Security in a Free Society’, Part 2.
Air date: Wednesday, 9th Sep. 2020, 7pm Pacific/US.
01:00 main points;
02:25 problems of information;
05:06 problems of trust;
05:36 problems of survival;
07:38 problems of information—'careless leaks' and 'giveaways';
15:11 'careless leaks';
24:50 'giveaways';
49:33 recap;
52:30 next.
References:
Bostrom, N. (2011). Information Hazards: A Typology of Potential Harms from Knowledge. Review of Contemporary Philosophy, 10, 44–79. Citations are from Bostrom’s website copy:
https://www.nickbostrom.com/information-hazards.pdf Retrieved 9th Sep. 2020.
Dulles, A. (2016). The Craft of Intelligence. Lyons Press / Rowman & Littlefield. First published 1963. This edition copyright Joan Buresch Talley, daughter of Dulles. ISBN: 978-1493018796. Different editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Craft%20of%20Intelligence
Rosenthal, A. M. (1959). Polish spy chief defects to west. New York Times. 22nd Nov. 1959
https://nyti.ms/1GZQ0Ku Retrieved 9th Sep. 2020.
Vallee, J. (1979). Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. And/Or Press. ISBN: 0915904381. A different edition available at:
https://archive.org/details/MessengersOfDeceptionUFOContactsAndCultsJacquesValle1979/mode/2up
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On Dulles, evidence, trust, ‘is’ and ‘ought’, and capacities.
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Details: Allen Dulles; The Craft of Intelligence; the gist of chpt. 15—‘Security in a Free Society’; four kinds of problems; problems of evidence; text; context; 'we'; evidence of thoughts; evidence of events; events and ideas; beliefs; problems of trust; deception and error; reputations; power (control) and incentives; control; incentives; problems of ‘is’ and ‘ought’; good guys and bad guys; openness; errors; need for ‘the bloodthirsty’; violence; kinds of war; psychological warfare—rumors; cyberwarfare—probing defenses; problems of our capacities; recap; next.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re2
Dulles - Craft of Intelligence chpt. 15, ‘Security in a Free Society’, Part 1.
Air date: Tuesday, 8th Sep. 2020, 5pm Pacific/US.
0:00:00 Allen Dulles;
0:14:35 The Craft of Intelligence;
0:21:43 the gist of chpt. 15—‘Security in a Free Society’;
0:25:23 four kinds of problems;
0:25:54 problems of evidence;
0:25:59 text;
0:28:34 context;
0:31:35 'we';
0:33:13 evidence of thoughts;
0:37:15 evidence of events;
0:40:05 events and ideas;
0:41:32 beliefs;
0:43:16 problems of trust;
0:43:55 deception and error;
0:44:45 reputations;
0:51:22 power (control) and incentives;
0:55:29 control;
1:02:37 incentives;
1:08:23 problems of ‘is’ and ‘ought’;
1:09:12 good guys and bad guys;
1:11:14 openness;
1:13:31 errors;
1:13:56 need for ‘the bloodthirsty’;
1:19:46 violence;
1:22:09 kinds of war;
1:22:24 psychological warfare—rumors;
1:24:18 cyberwarfare—probing defenses;
1:26:54 problems of our capacities;
1:29:44 recap;
1:31:05 next.
References:
Duflo, E., & Banerjee, A. (2019). Economic incentives don’t always do what we want them to. New York Times. 26th Oct. 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/opinion/sunday/duflo-banerjee-economic-incentives.html Retrieved 8th Sep. 2020.
Dulles, A. (1960). Letter to Mr. Charles JV Murphy from Allen W. Dulles. cia.gov. 9th Jun. 1960
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80B01676R003600130033-5.pdf Retrieved 8th Sep. 2020.
Dulles, A. (2016). The Craft of Intelligence. Lyons Press / Rowman & Littlefield. First published 1963. This edition copyright Joan Buresch Talley, daughter of Dulles. ISBN: 978-1493018796. Different editions available at:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Craft%20of%20Intelligence
Fischer, D. H. (1970). Historians Fallacies: Toward A Logic Of Historical Thought. Harper & Row. ISBN: 0061315451. Searches:
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https://archive.org/details/HistoriansFallaciesTowardALogicOfHistoricalThought/
Fitzgerald, F. S. (1936). The crack-up: A desolately frank document from one for whom the salt of life has lost its savor. Esquire. 1st Feb. 1936
https://classic.esquire.com/article/1936/2/1/the-crack-up Retrieved 8th Sep. 2020.
Gregory, R. L. (Ed.) (2004). The Oxford Companion to the Mind. Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0198662246. Searches:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2004275127
Grose, P. (1994). Gentleman Spy: The Life of Allen Dulles. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 0395516072. Also available at:
https://archive.org/details/gentlemanspylife00gros
Hamblin, C. L. (1970). Fallacies. Vale. First published 1970. This Vale Press edition 2004. ISBN: 0916475247. Different edition available at:
https://archive.org/details/fallacies0000hamb/page/12/mode/2up.
Horwich, P. (1982). Probability and Evidence. Cambridge. First published 1982; first paperback 2011; this Cambridge Philosophy Classics edition 2016. ISBN: 978-1316507018. Searches:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2015049717
Kennedy, J. F. (1961). Remarks Upon Presenting The National Security Medal To Allen W. Dulles. jfklibrary.org. 28th Nov. 1961
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Nell, V. (2004). Cruelty. Article in Gregory (2004).
O’Donnell, P. K. (2004). Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of the Men and Women of World War II’s OSS. Free Press / Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 074323572X. Also available at:
https://archive.org/details/operativesspiess00odon
Retraice (2020/xx/xx). Re6: Interface. retraice.com. Pending publication.
Schneier, B. (2016). Someone is learning how to take down the internet. schneier.com. 13th Sep. 2016
https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2016/09/someone\is\_learning\.html Retrieved 8th Sep. 2020. Also published at
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Talbot, D. (2015). The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government. Harper Perennial. ISBN: 978-0062276179. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0062276179
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0062276179
https://lccn.loc.gov/2015487367
Trento, J. J. (2001). The Secret History of the CIA. Forum / Prima. ISBN:0761525629
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Weizenbaum, J. (1976). Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation. W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN: 0716704633. Also available at:
https://archive.org/details/computerpowerhum0000weiz
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On natural, artificial and strategic intelligence; intellectual hazards; secrets.
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Details: Russell on knowledge; Retraice; three kinds of intelligence; natural intelligence; artificial intelligence; strategic intelligence; hazards—secrets, minefields, blind spots; tests and reminders; knowledge; evidence; fallacies; secrets—likely and unlikely; the price of information; deception; intelligence in warfare; next.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1
Air date: Monday, 7th Sep. 2020, 3pm Pacific/US.
00:00 Russell on knowledge;
01:26 Retraice;
02:23 three kinds of intelligence;
04:45 natural intelligence;
07:09 artificial intelligence;
09:49 strategic intelligence;
15:00 hazards—secrets, minefields, blind spots;
17:03 tests and reminders;
17:29 knowledge;
18:09 evidence;
20:15 fallacies;
23:36 secrets—likely and unlikely;
24:09 the price of information;
30:11 deception;
31:49 intelligence in warfare;
32:47 next.
References:
Ames, R. T. (1993). Sun Tzu: The Art of Warfare. Random House. ISBN: 034536239X. Searches:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=034536239X
https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+034536239X
https://lccn.loc.gov/92052662
Churchland, P., & Churchland, P. (2000). Foreward to the Second Edition of Von Neumann’s ‘The Computer and the Brain’. In von Neumann (1958).
Ferguson, N. (2017). The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0735222915. Searches:
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