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by drcwpl 2y ago
The Swallowtail catastrophe is a beautiful work of art and theorem
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by drcwpl 2y ago
This is fabulous, now I have a lot of reading, thanks for sharing
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by drcwpl 2y ago
It is also worth reading Chaos Theory and the story of the scientists https://onepercentrule.substack.com/p/a-love-letter-to-chaos...
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Thank YOU
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Chaos Theory and Some Fun Facts About the Scientists(onepercentrule.substack.com)
3 points by drcwpl 2y ago|2 comments
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Not to answer your question directly, but I think that book should be required reading for AI developers. There is a good summary on wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_universal_construc...
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by drcwpl 2y ago
JvN had suggested the terms Artificial Systems and Artificial Automata in his paper (1947 / 48) and was in hospital during the Dartmouth conference, otherwise it is possible that AI may have been named otherwise.
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John von Neumann and his the "Artificial Systems" that helped found AI(onepercentrule.substack.com)
3 points by drcwpl 2y ago|3 comments
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by drcwpl 2y ago
It is such a meaningful piece, deeply disturbing, yet a strong reminder to be with those we love - and yes to really 'be'. I would posit that it is the people using the technology that also need to be empathetic and ensure the use
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by drcwpl 2y ago
I think that the benign portrayal of machines seems tongue-in-cheek, particularly considering Brautigan’s own ambivalence toward technological advancement.
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by drcwpl 2y ago
This is a strong point, "the latter cared about ways we could actually think, and cared not for implementation, but articulation and the furthering of abstraction." I will look into this more. Thank you
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by drcwpl 2y ago
It is solid advice, I will be much more careful in future. Thank you
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by drcwpl 2y ago
That is brilliant, thank you - I added the Rota one as an addendum under the further reading at the end.
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by drcwpl 2y ago
I also add the Turing one at the end of the post also because of the discussions at the beginning - especially "Church had certainly obtained the result before Turing"
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by drcwpl 2y ago
The main theme of the essay is his work which helped the foundation of AI, In their book Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach (Third Edition), Russell and Norvig give limited (cursory) commentary about A. Church, but Turing gets the fo
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Great point - thanks for that.
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by drcwpl 2y ago
That is such a great quote - classic programming humor, but no idea of the original
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Great tidbit, (thanks for the Paradigms share) - in the footnote I mention about CS folks awareness.
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by drcwpl 2y ago
The point is about a wider audience - I believe it is good to highlight people that have contributed significantly, yet overlooked by society at large - agreed about the CS sector, but then again on my intro to AI course less than 7% of bac
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Agreed - what I tried to highlight through a series about people that have contributed significantly, but are not so well known outside of the fields they impacted, there is always cooperation to a large extent and others involved - rarely
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Alonzo Church: Architect of computer intelligence(onepercentrule.substack.com)
329 points by drcwpl 2y ago|89 comments
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Far too often we ignore the data at our peril, as shown through John Snows's work during the London cholera outbreak and the recent Opioid crisis. The case of Semmelweiss also comes to mind - what others?
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From the London Cholera Outbreak to the Opioid Crisis: Ignoring the Data(onepercentrule.substack.com)
3 points by drcwpl 2y ago|1 comments
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Curiously Uncurious(onepercentrule.substack.com)
2 points by drcwpl 2y ago|0 comments
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AI Safety and the Titanic Disaster(onepercentrule.substack.com)
9 points by drcwpl 2y ago|0 comments
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by drcwpl 2y ago
This is better, thank you "not all people are trained" - agree, it is a generalization , we are trained to an extent - I guess a curriculum on stupidity would raise the bar of awareness. Ha - stupid actions were in the dumb and du
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Hahha - very good observation
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Agree. As I write it can be 'derogatory' which is why I sought to explain institutional stupidity rather than focus on purely individual stupidity... trying to avoid the judgment and show what the literature says (and does not say
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Exactly, "collective stupidity" is a good way to define the institutional stupidity... I will write more about the functional stupidity in organizations - thank you for the example.
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by drcwpl 2y ago
Fair comment -- As I say at the start of the essay - it is not easy to define or measure stupidity and sought to show how researchers have attempted to define stupidity in different domains - hence my definition. I can certainly provide man

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