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(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.)
Re26: Searching The New York Times and Fox News
Retraice^1
Because we're looking for something.
Air date: Saturday, 22nd Oct. 2022, 11:55 PM Eastern/US.
World Model 3
1. Computer control^2 is suffusing GNR, GCR, B&R^3 , and the three kinds of intelligence^4 (NI, AI, SI)^5 ; 2. Because of computer control, some humans now control other humans because they know them better than they know themselves, but machinery could take control; 3. To check^6 these guesses about current history (what's GOOT), we need information^7 from trusted^8 and integrated^9 sources^10 .
So let's see what the Times and Fox have to offer.
What we're looking for
We're looking for evidence, for and against WM3. We should try to prove and disprove it: "[W]hen you're working hard on a theorem you should try to prove it by day and disprove it by night."^11
But WM3 is not well-formed. It's a guess. On guessing, learning and intelligence, see Retraice (2020/11/02) and sources cited there.
We're not expecting much from this exercise, but sometimes it's worth doing the obvious. These generalist news sources (the Times, Fox) claim to know what's GOOT. Let's see about that.
What could be there
A gestalt? A general feel for what's GOOT, or what people think is GOOT, or what they want us to think is GOOT? Probably a mix.
A needle in a haystack? Maybe. Probably not today.
Finding it
Some of the tools at our disposal: * The source's built-in search functionality; * Google search, if the site is thoroughly indexed; * Deep archive search tools: - The Times has full-archive search tools; - Lexis-Nexis; - But why not REGEX!! Regular expressions would be so useful, if only it were implemented in all the places we need it.
Searching `computer control'
Fox: * Army improves Abrams tank gun system with upgraded fire control (2 years ago) * Humans can now control turtles' minds (6 years ago) * Is Flight 447's `Fly-by-Wire' Aircraft Technology Safe?^12 (8 years ago) * Air traffic control system a hacking risk, watchdog says (8 years ago)
Are these stories evidence of WM3.1, `computer control is suffusing GCR, GNR, B&R, NI, AI, SI'? No, except maybe the turtle thing. And maybe the tank. The results are relevant to our search, but how strongly are they related to our hypotheses? We don't have a solid measure of relevance.
The Times: * The Gamification of Humanity (Sep. 20, 2022) * Kraken, a U.S. Crypto Exchange, Is Suspected of Violating Sanctions (Jul. 26 2022)
The gamification book author's warning is relevant to WM3.2, `some humans now control other humans because they know them better than they know themselves'.
The crypto story is a stretch, but could be connected to WM3.2 as well.
The real problem is that our WM3 hypotheses are not well-formed. Who's to say what is or isn't evidence, and how much so? We're supposed to know that, to have a serious means of deciding evidence and relevance.
Searching `GNR' and `Kurzweil'
GNR comes back as Guns N' Roses.
`Kurzweil' fetches the usual stuff.^13
Messages, messengers and a better world model
If we think of websites as being a combination of messengers and messages, it's the messages that are easy to find. Much more work is necessary to evaluate the messengers.^14
We need to tighten up World Model 3, to make it more tractable. And we need to reconcile the hypotheses with the world model as such. Are they the same sort of thing? Or different? How should they fit together?
_
References
Ellenberg, J. (2014). How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0143127536. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0143127536 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0143127536 https://lccn.loc.gov/2014005394
Herman, E. S., & Chomsky, N. (1988). Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. Pantheon. ISBN: 0679720340. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0679720340 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0679720340 https://lccn.loc.gov/88042614
Kurzweil, R. (2013). How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed. Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0143124047. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9780143124047 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+9780143124047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2012027185
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 (2020/09/08). Re2: Tell the People, Tell Foes. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re2 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/09). Re3: Tell Everyone. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re3 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/10). Re4: Trust No One. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re4 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.
Retraice (2020/11/25). Re15: Trust and Sources. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re15 Retrieved 28th Feb. 2022.
Retraice (2022/03/02). Re16: Trust is a Response. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re16 Retrieved 6th Mar. 2022.
Retraice (2022/03/07). Re17: Hypotheses to Eleven. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re17 Retrieved 17th Mar. 2022.
Retraice (2022/10/10). Re19: Nature Is Not F-ing Around. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re19 Retrieved 12th Oct. 2022.
Retraice (2022/10/19). Re22: Computer Control. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re22 Retrieved 19th Oct. 2022.
Retraice (2022/10/20). Re24: Now, Anything Goes. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re24 Retrieved 21st Oct. 2022.
Walter, C. (2020). Immortality, Inc.: Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever. National Geographic. ISBN: 978-1426219801. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9781426219801 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+9781426219801 https://lccn.loc.gov/2019012360
Footnotes
^1 https://www.retraice.com/retraice
^2 Retraice (2022/10/19); cf. Retraice (2022/03/07), the original eleven hypotheses which are now rolled up into H12, Computer Control.
^3 Retraice (2022/10/10).
^4 Retraice (2020/09/07).
^5 Genetics, nanotech, robotics; global catastrophic risks; blue-and-red politics; natural, artificial and strategic intelligence.
^6 Retraice (2020/11/02).
^7 Retraice (2020/09/09).
^8 Retraice (2020/09/10); Retraice (2020/11/25); Retraice (2022/03/02).
^9 Retraice (2022/10/20).
^10 Retraice (2020/09/08), see `Problems of Trust', pp. 3-7.
^11 Ellenberg (2014) p. 433. and Margin (2020/10/22).
^12 Betteridge's law of headlines says: No. But cf. micromorts to put the risk in perspective.
^13 As mentioned during the livestream, Walter (2020) p. 253 tells the story of Kurzweil joining Google after Larry Page read Kurzweil (2013). Side note: natural language processing (which seemed to be Kurzweil's beat for his first few years at Google) is an AI domain where the term `world model' is used, but not in the sense that we're using it.
^14 As mentioned during the livestream: Herman & Chomsky (1988).
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By Retraice, Inc.(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.)
Re26: Searching The New York Times and Fox News
Retraice^1
Because we're looking for something.
Air date: Saturday, 22nd Oct. 2022, 11:55 PM Eastern/US.
World Model 3
1. Computer control^2 is suffusing GNR, GCR, B&R^3 , and the three kinds of intelligence^4 (NI, AI, SI)^5 ; 2. Because of computer control, some humans now control other humans because they know them better than they know themselves, but machinery could take control; 3. To check^6 these guesses about current history (what's GOOT), we need information^7 from trusted^8 and integrated^9 sources^10 .
So let's see what the Times and Fox have to offer.
What we're looking for
We're looking for evidence, for and against WM3. We should try to prove and disprove it: "[W]hen you're working hard on a theorem you should try to prove it by day and disprove it by night."^11
But WM3 is not well-formed. It's a guess. On guessing, learning and intelligence, see Retraice (2020/11/02) and sources cited there.
We're not expecting much from this exercise, but sometimes it's worth doing the obvious. These generalist news sources (the Times, Fox) claim to know what's GOOT. Let's see about that.
What could be there
A gestalt? A general feel for what's GOOT, or what people think is GOOT, or what they want us to think is GOOT? Probably a mix.
A needle in a haystack? Maybe. Probably not today.
Finding it
Some of the tools at our disposal: * The source's built-in search functionality; * Google search, if the site is thoroughly indexed; * Deep archive search tools: - The Times has full-archive search tools; - Lexis-Nexis; - But why not REGEX!! Regular expressions would be so useful, if only it were implemented in all the places we need it.
Searching `computer control'
Fox: * Army improves Abrams tank gun system with upgraded fire control (2 years ago) * Humans can now control turtles' minds (6 years ago) * Is Flight 447's `Fly-by-Wire' Aircraft Technology Safe?^12 (8 years ago) * Air traffic control system a hacking risk, watchdog says (8 years ago)
Are these stories evidence of WM3.1, `computer control is suffusing GCR, GNR, B&R, NI, AI, SI'? No, except maybe the turtle thing. And maybe the tank. The results are relevant to our search, but how strongly are they related to our hypotheses? We don't have a solid measure of relevance.
The Times: * The Gamification of Humanity (Sep. 20, 2022) * Kraken, a U.S. Crypto Exchange, Is Suspected of Violating Sanctions (Jul. 26 2022)
The gamification book author's warning is relevant to WM3.2, `some humans now control other humans because they know them better than they know themselves'.
The crypto story is a stretch, but could be connected to WM3.2 as well.
The real problem is that our WM3 hypotheses are not well-formed. Who's to say what is or isn't evidence, and how much so? We're supposed to know that, to have a serious means of deciding evidence and relevance.
Searching `GNR' and `Kurzweil'
GNR comes back as Guns N' Roses.
`Kurzweil' fetches the usual stuff.^13
Messages, messengers and a better world model
If we think of websites as being a combination of messengers and messages, it's the messages that are easy to find. Much more work is necessary to evaluate the messengers.^14
We need to tighten up World Model 3, to make it more tractable. And we need to reconcile the hypotheses with the world model as such. Are they the same sort of thing? Or different? How should they fit together?
_
References
Ellenberg, J. (2014). How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0143127536. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0143127536 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0143127536 https://lccn.loc.gov/2014005394
Herman, E. S., & Chomsky, N. (1988). Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. Pantheon. ISBN: 0679720340. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0679720340 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0679720340 https://lccn.loc.gov/88042614
Kurzweil, R. (2013). How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed. Penguin Books. ISBN: 978-0143124047. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9780143124047 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+9780143124047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2012027185
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 (2020/09/08). Re2: Tell the People, Tell Foes. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re2 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/09). Re3: Tell Everyone. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re3 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.
Retraice (2020/09/10). Re4: Trust No One. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re4 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.
Retraice (2020/11/25). Re15: Trust and Sources. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re15 Retrieved 28th Feb. 2022.
Retraice (2022/03/02). Re16: Trust is a Response. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re16 Retrieved 6th Mar. 2022.
Retraice (2022/03/07). Re17: Hypotheses to Eleven. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re17 Retrieved 17th Mar. 2022.
Retraice (2022/10/10). Re19: Nature Is Not F-ing Around. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re19 Retrieved 12th Oct. 2022.
Retraice (2022/10/19). Re22: Computer Control. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re22 Retrieved 19th Oct. 2022.
Retraice (2022/10/20). Re24: Now, Anything Goes. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re24 Retrieved 21st Oct. 2022.
Walter, C. (2020). Immortality, Inc.: Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever. National Geographic. ISBN: 978-1426219801. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9781426219801 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+9781426219801 https://lccn.loc.gov/2019012360
Footnotes
^1 https://www.retraice.com/retraice
^2 Retraice (2022/10/19); cf. Retraice (2022/03/07), the original eleven hypotheses which are now rolled up into H12, Computer Control.
^3 Retraice (2022/10/10).
^4 Retraice (2020/09/07).
^5 Genetics, nanotech, robotics; global catastrophic risks; blue-and-red politics; natural, artificial and strategic intelligence.
^6 Retraice (2020/11/02).
^7 Retraice (2020/09/09).
^8 Retraice (2020/09/10); Retraice (2020/11/25); Retraice (2022/03/02).
^9 Retraice (2022/10/20).
^10 Retraice (2020/09/08), see `Problems of Trust', pp. 3-7.
^11 Ellenberg (2014) p. 433. and Margin (2020/10/22).
^12 Betteridge's law of headlines says: No. But cf. micromorts to put the risk in perspective.
^13 As mentioned during the livestream, Walter (2020) p. 253 tells the story of Kurzweil joining Google after Larry Page read Kurzweil (2013). Side note: natural language processing (which seemed to be Kurzweil's beat for his first few years at Google) is an AI domain where the term `world model' is used, but not in the sense that we're using it.
^14 As mentioned during the livestream: Herman & Chomsky (1988).