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Re10: Living to Guess Another Day


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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).

 

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   Feynman, R. (1974). Cargo cult science. Engineering and Science, 7(37), 10–13. http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/3043/1/CargoCult.pdf Retrieved 20th Mar. 2019.

 

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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: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0688159885 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0688159885 https://lccn.loc.gov/99024247

 

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   Legg, S., & Hutter, M. (2007). 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.

 

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   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.

 

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