agent86a

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   by agent86a 16y ago

   I highly recommend Gödel's Proof (Nagel and Newman) as a supplement. I got a lot out of Hofstadter's book, but honestly found much of the discussion of the incompleteness theorem more confusing than it needed to be. If you're mostly interes
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   by agent86a 16y ago

   I've been using and loving instapaper for a few months now. It's really helped me not get distracted spending 20 minutes reading an article when I find something interesting. Also: the ability to grab an up to date mobi file remotely from m
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   by agent86a 16y ago

   In my opinion the most bizarre illusion Professor Deutsch discovered is the "octave illusion". Be sure to use headphones and prepare to be surprised! http://philomel.com/musical_illusions/example_octave_illusio... The mechanisms that give
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   by agent86a 19y ago

   Although you characterize it as only being able to "emulate old composers", I may have been referring to the program you are thinking of. Although it is true that it learns and extrapolates from musical input, so do human composers. Its al
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   by agent86a 19y ago

   Apprehension about progress in artificial intelligence is entirely natural. In fact, I think apprehension and denial will lead people to continually redefine their notion of intelligent behavior so that current computers are always excluded