Recently, there has been widespread confusion about digital physics relating it to the simulation argument. Digital physics, the hypothesis that the universe is a kind of digital computer is most likely true. Simulation argument is not. It is a very
The Cylon Argument
A parody, infused in a bit of science fiction…. Year 2041. Brain emulations are very common. After the 2039 international agreements, virtually every country has had to approve of brain simulations as continuations or branches of their legal citizens. A
Diverse Consequences of Algorithmic Probability
Here is my presentation for the following paper titled Diverse Consequences of Algorithmic Probability. The slides aren’t viewed well in the video, so here they are: Slides to Diverse Consequences of Algorithmic Probability Probably the most interesting thing about this
AI Spring
The wrath of winter comes to an end. The wait is over. Slowly, the ice melts away, awakening the dormant powers of imagination. Neural seeds have sprouted from the soil of high hopes in a billion magnificent forms. Flowers of
UMass Amherst computer scientist leads the way to the next revolution in artificial intelligence
UMass Amherst computer scientist leads the way to the next revolution in artificial intelligence. It’s striking how somebody who has no understanding of set theory or theory of computation can claim such things. 2^aleph_0, eh? What flamboyance. Beware this University
Godseed: benevolent or malevolent?
Introduction One of the most interesting questions we’ve ever pondered on the ai-philosophy mailing list was how you would build an “angelic” autonomous AI. Would it be possible to make some kind of angel’s mind that, by design, achieves only
What is it like to be an upload?
Introduction The nature of experience is one of those deep philosophical questions which philosophers and scientists alike have not been able to reach a consensus on. In this article, I review a transhumanist variant of a basic question of subjectivity.
My paper titled “A COMPROMISE BETWEEN REDUCTIONISM AND NON-REDUCTIONISM””
Mp paper titled “A compromise between reductionism and non-reductionism”, argues against extreme non-reductionism such as predicate dualism. This was published in the book “WORLDVIEWS, SCIENCE AND US Philosophy and Complexity“. The issue of irreducibility is interpreted from the perspective of algorithmic information
Teramachine is operational
Teramachine is the second milestone of the examachine research program. It features teraflop-scale incremental machine learning, therefore it embodies an integrated long-term memory which works in black-box fashion from the user’s point of view. I can really feel this is
Teramachine inverting functions
Teramachine marches on towards primary-school student level. Function inversion (in the mathematical sense) with one example (assuming one-shot learning) is implemented like this in the current code, to give you a flavor of how neat O’Caml code can look: let