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Re8: Strange Machines
A survey of the idea that technology is creatures.
Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com
Details: we should call them something else; high-altitude fruit; Simon—the rules are the same; Grey Walter's tortoises; Butler—war to the death; Dyson—they're *not* imaginary; Wolfram's simple programs; Yudkowsky on fire alarms; I. J. Good—take science fiction seriously; `unquestionably'; Yudkowsky—smartish stuff; S. Russell and Norvig—operating on their own; two meanings of `the singularity'; a moral challenge; S. Russell—the user's mind; Dyson—worry less about intelligence; Smallberg—energy sources and replication; a digression on search; Dietterich—reproduction with autonomy; the work; Bostrom—deferred gratification; our civilization is evidence of capacity; skyscrapers seem taller than they are. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re8
Air date: Wednesday, 28th Oct. 2020, 3 : 30 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 we should call them something else;
00:35 high-altitude fruit;
02:55 Simon—the rules are the same;
04:06 Grey Walter's tortoises;
08:19 Butler—war to the death;
11:16 Dyson—they're *not* imaginary;
14:02 Wolfram's simple programs;
15:49 Yudkowsky on fire alarms;
17:14 I. J. Good—take science fiction seriously;
18:36 `unquestionably';
19:29 Yudkowsky—smartish stuff;
23:00 S. Russell and Norvig—operating on their own;
24:55 two meanings of `the singularity';
25:41 a moral challenge;
26:52 S. Russell—the user's mind;
28:46 Dyson—worry less about intelligence;
30:24 Smallberg—energy sources and replication;
31:13 a digression on search;
34:02 Dietterich—reproduction with autonomy;
35:55 the work;
36:46 Bostrom—deferred gratification;
39:13 our civilization is evidence of capacity;
39:52 skyscrapers seem taller than they are.
References:
Bostrom, N. (2014). Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford. First published in 2014. Citations are from the pbk. edition, 2016. ISBN: 978-0198739838. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0198739838 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0198739838 https://lccn.loc.gov/2015956648
Brockman, J. (Ed.) (2015). What to Think About Machines That Think: Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence. Harper Perennial. ISBN: 978-0062425652. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0062425652 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0062425652 https://lccn.loc.gov/2016303054
Brockman, J. (Ed.) (2019). Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0525557999. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0525557999 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0525557999 https://lccn.loc.gov/2018032888
Butler, S. (1863). Darwin among the machines. The Press (Canterbury, New Zealand). Reprinted in Butler et al. (1923).
Butler, S., Jones, H., & Bartholomew, A. (1923). The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler Vol. 1. J. Cape. No ISBN. https://books.google.com/books?id=B-LQAAAAMAAJ Retrieved 27th Oct. 2020.
de Garis, H. (2005). The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans: A Bitter Controversy Concerning Whether Humanity Should Build Godlike Massively Intelligent Machines. ETC Publications. ISBN: 0882801546. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0882801546 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0882801546
Dietterich, T. G. (2015). How to prevent an intelligence explosion. (pp. 380–383). In Brockman (2015).
Dyson, G. (2019). The third law. (pp. 31–40). In Brockman (2019).
Dyson, G. B. (1997). Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence. Basic Books. ISBN: 978-0465031627. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0465031627 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0465031627 https://lccn.loc.gov/2012943208
Good, I. J. (1965). Speculations concerning the first ultraintelligent machine. Advances in Computers, 6, 31–88. https://exhibits.stanford.edu/feigenbaum/catalog/gz727rg3869 Retrieved 27th Oct. 2020.
Harris, S. (2016). Can we build AI without losing control over it? — Sam Harris. TED. https://youtu.be/8nt3edWLgIg Retrieved 28th Oct. 2020.
Holland, O. (2003). Exploration and high adventure: the legacy of Grey Walter. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 361, 2085–2121. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/9025611 Retrieved 22nd Nov. 2019. See also: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grey+walter+tortoise+
Jackson, R. E., & Cormack, L. K. (2008). Evolved navigation theory and the environmental vertical illusion. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 299–304. https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cps/_files/cormack-pdf/12Evolved_navigation_theory2009.pdf Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.
Kurzweil, R. (2005). The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0143037880. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0143037880 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0143037880 https://lccn.loc.gov/2004061231
Legg, S., & Hutter, M. (2007a). A collection of definitions of intelligence. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 157, 17–24. June 2007. https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3639 Retrieved ca. 10 Mar. 2019.
Legg, S., & Hutter, M. (2007b). 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.
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.
Russell, S. (2019). Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. Viking. ISBN: 978-0525558613. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0525558613 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0525558613 https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029688
Russell, S., & Norvig, P. (2020). Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Pearson, 4th ed. ISBN: 978-0134610993. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0134610993 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0134610993 https://lccn.loc.gov/2019047498
Simon, H. A. (1996). The Sciences of the Artificial. MIT, 3rd ed. ISBN: 0262691914. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0262691914 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0262691914 https://lccn.loc.gov/96012633 Previous editions available at: https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20sciences%20of%20the%20artificial
Smallberg, G. (2015). No shared theory of mind. (pp. 297–299). In Brockman (2015).
Ulam, S. (1958). John von Neumann 1903-1957. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 64, 1–49. https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1958-10189-5 Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.
Weizenbaum, J. (1976). Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation. W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN: 0716704633. Also available at: https://archive.org/details/computerpowerhum0000weiz
Wolfram, S. (Ed.) (2002). A New Kind of Science. Wolfram Media, Inc. ISBN: 1579550088. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=1579550088 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+1579550088 https://lccn.loc.gov/2001046603
Yudkowsky, E. (2013). Intelligence explosion microeconomics. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Technical report 2013-1. https://intelligence.org/files/IEM.pdf Retrieved ca. 9th Dec. 2018.
Yudkowsky, E. (2017). There’s no fire alarm for artificial general intelligence. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. 13th Oct. 2017. https://intelligence.org/2017/10/13/fire-alarm/ Retrieved 9th Dec. 2018.
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A survey of the idea that technology is creatures.
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Details: we should call them something else; high-altitude fruit; Simon—the rules are the same; Grey Walter's tortoises; Butler—war to the death; Dyson—they're *not* imaginary; Wolfram's simple programs; Yudkowsky on fire alarms; I. J. Good—take science fiction seriously; `unquestionably'; Yudkowsky—smartish stuff; S. Russell and Norvig—operating on their own; two meanings of `the singularity'; a moral challenge; S. Russell—the user's mind; Dyson—worry less about intelligence; Smallberg—energy sources and replication; a digression on search; Dietterich—reproduction with autonomy; the work; Bostrom—deferred gratification; our civilization is evidence of capacity; skyscrapers seem taller than they are. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re8
Air date: Wednesday, 28th Oct. 2020, 3 : 30 PM Pacific/US.
Chapters:
00:00 we should call them something else;
00:35 high-altitude fruit;
02:55 Simon—the rules are the same;
04:06 Grey Walter's tortoises;
08:19 Butler—war to the death;
11:16 Dyson—they're *not* imaginary;
14:02 Wolfram's simple programs;
15:49 Yudkowsky on fire alarms;
17:14 I. J. Good—take science fiction seriously;
18:36 `unquestionably';
19:29 Yudkowsky—smartish stuff;
23:00 S. Russell and Norvig—operating on their own;
24:55 two meanings of `the singularity';
25:41 a moral challenge;
26:52 S. Russell—the user's mind;
28:46 Dyson—worry less about intelligence;
30:24 Smallberg—energy sources and replication;
31:13 a digression on search;
34:02 Dietterich—reproduction with autonomy;
35:55 the work;
36:46 Bostrom—deferred gratification;
39:13 our civilization is evidence of capacity;
39:52 skyscrapers seem taller than they are.
References:
Bostrom, N. (2014). Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford. First published in 2014. Citations are from the pbk. edition, 2016. ISBN: 978-0198739838. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0198739838 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0198739838 https://lccn.loc.gov/2015956648
Brockman, J. (Ed.) (2015). What to Think About Machines That Think: Today’s Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence. Harper Perennial. ISBN: 978-0062425652. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0062425652 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0062425652 https://lccn.loc.gov/2016303054
Brockman, J. (Ed.) (2019). Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0525557999. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0525557999 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0525557999 https://lccn.loc.gov/2018032888
Butler, S. (1863). Darwin among the machines. The Press (Canterbury, New Zealand). Reprinted in Butler et al. (1923).
Butler, S., Jones, H., & Bartholomew, A. (1923). The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler Vol. 1. J. Cape. No ISBN. https://books.google.com/books?id=B-LQAAAAMAAJ Retrieved 27th Oct. 2020.
de Garis, H. (2005). The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans: A Bitter Controversy Concerning Whether Humanity Should Build Godlike Massively Intelligent Machines. ETC Publications. ISBN: 0882801546. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0882801546 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0882801546
Dietterich, T. G. (2015). How to prevent an intelligence explosion. (pp. 380–383). In Brockman (2015).
Dyson, G. (2019). The third law. (pp. 31–40). In Brockman (2019).
Dyson, G. B. (1997). Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence. Basic Books. ISBN: 978-0465031627. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0465031627 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0465031627 https://lccn.loc.gov/2012943208
Good, I. J. (1965). Speculations concerning the first ultraintelligent machine. Advances in Computers, 6, 31–88. https://exhibits.stanford.edu/feigenbaum/catalog/gz727rg3869 Retrieved 27th Oct. 2020.
Harris, S. (2016). Can we build AI without losing control over it? — Sam Harris. TED. https://youtu.be/8nt3edWLgIg Retrieved 28th Oct. 2020.
Holland, O. (2003). Exploration and high adventure: the legacy of Grey Walter. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 361, 2085–2121. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/9025611 Retrieved 22nd Nov. 2019. See also: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grey+walter+tortoise+
Jackson, R. E., & Cormack, L. K. (2008). Evolved navigation theory and the environmental vertical illusion. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 299–304. https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/cps/_files/cormack-pdf/12Evolved_navigation_theory2009.pdf Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.
Kurzweil, R. (2005). The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. Penguin. ISBN: 978-0143037880. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0143037880 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0143037880 https://lccn.loc.gov/2004061231
Legg, S., & Hutter, M. (2007a). A collection of definitions of intelligence. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 157, 17–24. June 2007. https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3639 Retrieved ca. 10 Mar. 2019.
Legg, S., & Hutter, M. (2007b). 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.
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.
Russell, S. (2019). Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. Viking. ISBN: 978-0525558613. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0525558613 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0525558613 https://lccn.loc.gov/2019029688
Russell, S., & Norvig, P. (2020). Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Pearson, 4th ed. ISBN: 978-0134610993. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0134610993 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0134610993 https://lccn.loc.gov/2019047498
Simon, H. A. (1996). The Sciences of the Artificial. MIT, 3rd ed. ISBN: 0262691914. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0262691914 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0262691914 https://lccn.loc.gov/96012633 Previous editions available at: https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20sciences%20of%20the%20artificial
Smallberg, G. (2015). No shared theory of mind. (pp. 297–299). In Brockman (2015).
Ulam, S. (1958). John von Neumann 1903-1957. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., 64, 1–49. https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1958-10189-5 Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.
Weizenbaum, J. (1976). Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation. W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN: 0716704633. Also available at: https://archive.org/details/computerpowerhum0000weiz
Wolfram, S. (Ed.) (2002). A New Kind of Science. Wolfram Media, Inc. ISBN: 1579550088. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=1579550088 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+1579550088 https://lccn.loc.gov/2001046603
Yudkowsky, E. (2013). Intelligence explosion microeconomics. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Technical report 2013-1. https://intelligence.org/files/IEM.pdf Retrieved ca. 9th Dec. 2018.
Yudkowsky, E. (2017). There’s no fire alarm for artificial general intelligence. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. 13th Oct. 2017. https://intelligence.org/2017/10/13/fire-alarm/ Retrieved 9th Dec. 2018.
Copyright: 2020 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com