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On answering the question 'What's going on out there?'

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Details: "what's going on out there"?; omniscience—physical, animate, mental; What are the people up to?; nonsense; sources and trust. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re14

Air date: Friday, 13th Nov. 2020, 3 : 40 PM Pacific/US.

Chapters:

00:00 "what's going on out there"?;

02:38 omniscience—physical, animate, mental;

08:51 What are the people up to?;

09:56 nonsense;

12:46 sources and trust.

References:

Honderich, T. (Ed.) (2005). Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0199264791. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0199264791 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0199264791 https://lccn.loc.gov/2005275452

Weatherford, R. C. (2005). Determinism. (pp. 208–209). In Honderich (2005).

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A constraint on intelligences.

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Details: what intelligence can't do; taking care seriously; two beings, one doesn't care; `computers don't give a damn'; common-sense; existence; a tar pit of creatures and language; logical, causal and `volitional' necessity; things you're not going to do. ALSO MENTIONED (in mp3 or PDF notes): Oren Etzioni, Gary Marcus. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re13

Air date: Tuesday, 10th Nov. 2020, 1 : 25 PM Pacific/US.

Chapters:

00:00 what intelligence can't do;

00:56 taking care seriously;

01:55 two beings, one doesn't care;

04:37 `computers don't give a damn';

07:24 common-sense;

08:40 existence;

09:51 a tar pit of creatures and language;

12:14 logical, causal and `volitional' necessity;

16:08 things you're not going to do.

References:

Adams, Z., & Browning, J. (Eds.) (2017). Giving a Damn: Essays in Dialogue with John Haugeland. MIT. ISBN: 978-0262035248. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0262035248 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0262035248 https://lccn.loc.gov/2016016598

Churchland, P., & Churchland, P. (2000). Foreward to the second edition of Von Neumann's The Computer and the Brain. In von Neumann (1958).

Ford, M. (2018). Architects of Intelligence: The truth about AI from the people building it. Packt. ISBN: 978-1789131512. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1789131512 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1789131512

Frankfurt, H. G. (1988). The Importance of What We Care About. Cambridge. ISBN: 978-0521336116. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0521336116 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0521336116 https://lccn.loc.gov/87026941

Haugeland, J. (1998). Having Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind. Harvard. ISBN: 0674382331. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0674382331 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0674382331 https://lccn.loc.gov/97044542

Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.

von Neumann, J. (1958). The Computer and the Brain. Yale, 3rd ed. First published 1958. Third edition 2012. ISBN: 978-0300181111. Searches for this edition: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0300181111 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0300181111 https://lccn.loc.gov/2011943281 Different editions available at: https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Computer%20and%20the%20Brain

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On thinking about alien intelligences—real or not, perceived or not.

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Details: what you think and how you think; getting in trouble; the crazies; taking the subject seriously; thinking about `them'; documents, manipulation, evidence; more difficulties. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re12

Air date: Thursday, 5th Nov. 2020, 12 : 50 PM Pacific/US.

Chapters:

00:00 what you think and how you think;

00:56 getting in trouble;

03:07 the crazies;

03:43 taking the subject seriously;

09:22 thinking about `them';

14:51 documents, manipulation, evidence;

19:17 more difficulties.

References:

Cohen, J., & Stewart, I. (2002). Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life. Ebury. ISBN: 978-0091879272. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=evolving+the+alien https://www.google.com/search?q=evolving+the+alien https://lccn.loc.gov/2003427167

Dolan, R. M. (2002). UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973. Keyhole, 2nd revised ed. ISBN: 978-1571743176. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1571743176 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1571743176 https://lccn.loc.gov/2001099307

Dolan, R. M. (2009). UFOs and the National Security State: The Cover-Up Exposed, 1973-1991. Keyhole. ISBN: 978-0967799513. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0967799513 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0967799513

Hitchens, C. (2001). Letters to a Young Contrarian. Basic / Perseus. ISBN: 0465030327. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0465030327 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0465030327 https://lccn.loc.gov/2001035273

Kelleher, C. A., & Knapp, G. (2005). Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah. Paraview Pocket Books. ISBN: 978-1416505211. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1416505211 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1416505211 https://lccn.loc.gov/2005053457

Margin (2020/11/05). Ma12: Quitting Your Day Job. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma12 Retrieved 5th Nov. 2020.

Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.

Vallee, J. (1969). Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds. Contemporary Books. Original edition 1969; this edition 1993. ISBN: 0809237962. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0809237962 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0809237962 https://lccn.loc.gov/93003427

Vallee, J. (1975). The Invisible College: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered about UFO Influence on the Human Race. E. P. Dutton. ISBN: 0525474501. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0525474501 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0525474501 https://lccn.loc.gov/75012843

Vallee, J. (1979). Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. And/Or Press. ISBN: 0915904381. A different edition available at: https://archive.org/details/MessengersOfDeceptionUFOContactsAndCultsJacquesValle1979/mode/2up

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On where intelligent things can go, and when, and how.

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Details: travel is smart, motion is dumb; What's the difference?; mental time travel; the marshmallow test—and trust; time travel is space travel; space and time are bizarre; drawing the intelligence line; Hinton's five-year-old experiment; other creatures; What is natural intelligence really about?; amendments and corrections—Feynman's rules, Darwin's delay. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re11

Air date: Wednesday, 4th Nov. 2020, 1 : 05 PM Pacific/US.

Chapters:

00:00 travel is smart, motion is dumb;

03:15 What's the difference?;

06:24 mental time travel;

07:20 the marshmallow test—and trust;

10:12 time travel is space travel;

11:24 space and time are bizarre;

13:26 drawing the intelligence line;

15:30 Hinton's five-year-old experiment;

20:56 other creatures;

22:52 What is natural intelligence really about?;

23:22 amendments and corrections—Feynman's rules, Darwin's delay.

References:

Ford, M. (2018). Architects of Intelligence: The truth about AI from the people building it. Packt. ISBN: 978-1789131512. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1789131512 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1789131512

Kidd, C., Palmeri, H., & Aslin, R. N. (2013). Rational snacking: Young children's decision-making on the marshmallow task is moderated by beliefs about environmental reliability. Cognition, 126(1), 109–114. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010027712001849 Retrieved 4th Nov. 2020.

Mischel, W. (2014). The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control. Little, Brown and Company, Kindle ed. ISBN: 978-0316230858. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0316230858 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0316230858 https://lccn.loc.gov/2014018058

O'Shea, M. (2005). The Brain: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford. ISBN: 978-0192853929. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0192853929 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0192853929 https://lccn.loc.gov/2005027741

Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 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.

Russell, B. (1921). The Analysis of Mind. Macmillan. No ISBN. https://books.google.com/books?id=4dYLAAAAIAAJ Retrieved 6th May. 2019.

Shettleworth, S. J. (2013). Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition. Oxford. ISBN: 978-0195343106. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0195343106 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0195343106 https://lccn.loc.gov/2012000398

Watts, T. W., Duncan, G. J., & Quan, H. (2018). Revisiting the marshmallow test: A conceptual replication investigating links between early delay of gratification and later outcomes. Psychological Science, 29(7), 1159–1177. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797618761661 Retrieved 4th Nov. 2020.

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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).

BBC Two (2014). Brian Cox visits the world's biggest vacuum — Human Universe - BBC. Uploaded 24th Oct. 2014. https://youtu.be/E43-CfukEgs Retrieved 2nd Nov. 2020.

Copi, I. M. (1972). Introduction to Logic. Macmillan, 4th ed. No ISBN. Webpages: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Logic-Irving-M-Copi/dp/B000J54UWU https://books.google.com/books/about/Introduction_to_Logic.html?id=sxbszAEACAAJ https://lccn.loc.gov/70171565

Deary, I. J. (2001). Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford. ISBN: 978-0192893215. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0192893215 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0192893215 https://lccn.loc.gov/2001269139

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.

Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y., & Courville, A. (2016). Deep Learning. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262035613. Ebook available at: https://www.deeplearningbook.org/ Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0262035613 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0262035613 https://lccn.loc.gov/2016022992

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

Gregory, R. L. (Ed.) (2004). The Oxford Companion to the Mind. Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0198662246. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0198662246 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0198662246 https://lccn.loc.gov/2004275127

Hart-Davis, A. (Ed.) (2009). Science: The Definitive Visual Guide. DK. ISBN 978-0756689018. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0756689018 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0756689018

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.

Macphail, E. M. (1982). Brain and Intelligence in Vertebrates. Oxford. Book pending receipt by Retraice. ISBN 978-0198545514. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0198545514 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0198545514 https://lccn.loc.gov/82166301

Margin (2020/10/26). Ma7: Reading and Writing. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma7 Retrieved 27th Oct. 2020.

Retraice (2020/09/07). Re1: Three Kinds of Intelligence. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.

Retraice (2020/10/28). Re8: Strange Machines. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re8 Retrieved 29th Oct. 2020.

Shettleworth, S. J. (2010). Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior. Oxford, 2nd ed. ISBN: 978-0195319842. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0195319842 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0195319842 https://lccn.loc.gov/2009017840

van Wyhe, J. (2007). Mind the gap: did Darwin avoid publishing his theory for many years? Notes Rec. R. Soc., 61, 177–205. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2006.0171 Retrieved 2nd Nov. 2020.

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.

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On what is perceptible to AI, and AI controllers.

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Details: AI, and the people who use it; rods, cones and 4-D perception; camouflage failure; prediction machines; `they'; they can see future-you—the Target debacle; today and tomorrow; reality and fitness; the fitness of the vertical illusion; minds connected and disconnected; the quantum chessboard; correction for Re8. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re9

Air date: Saturday, 31st Oct. 2020, 12 : 10 PM Pacific/US.

Chapters:

00:00 AI, and the people who use it;

01:22 rods, cones and 4-D perception;

05:08 camouflage failure;

07:50 prediction machines;

11:36 `they';

15:43 they can see future-you—the Target debacle;

17:43 today and tomorrow;

18:26 reality and fitness;

22:21 the fitness of the vertical illusion;

25:44 minds connected and disconnected;

27:23 the quantum chessboard;

39:11 correction for Re8.

References:

Agrawal, A., Gans, J., & Goldfarb, A. (2018). Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence. Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN: 978-1633695672. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1633695672 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1633695672 https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049211

Anderson, R. (2015). He who pays the AI calls the tune. (pp. 201–203). In Brockman (2015).

Bell, J. S. (1987). Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy. Cambridge, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0521523389. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0521523389 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0521523389 https://lccn.loc.gov/86032728

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

Dyson, G. (2015). Analog, the revolution that dares not speak its name. (pp. 255–256). In Brockman (2015).

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

Gefter, A., & Hoffman, D. (2016/04/25). The case against reality. The Atlantic. Previously published in Quanta. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/the-illusion-of-reality/479559/ Retrieved 31 Oct 2020.

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.

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.

Russell, B. (1992). Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits. Routledge. First published in 1948. This edition 1992. ISBN: 0415083028. Different editions available at: https://archive.org/search.php?query=Human%20Knowledge%3A%20Its%20Scope%20and%20Limits

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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.

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On goals producing artifacts-producing-goals, and machines coming alive.

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Details: goals; goals produce artifacts; artifacts might absorb goals; artifacts cause goals; artifacts might absorb their own goals; artifacts might absorb each others' goals; machines alive; goals coming out of machines; artifacts exchanging goals; What would we do if we knew?; totalitarianism; war. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re7

Air date: Monday, 26th Oct. 2020, 5 : 50 PM Pacific/US.

Chapters:

00:00 goals;

01:47 goals produce artifacts;

02:45 artifacts might absorb goals;

03:39 artifacts cause goals;

05:47 artifacts might absorb their own goals;

09:10 artifacts might absorb each others' goals;

10:01 machines alive;

14:05 goals coming out of machines;

17:40 artifacts exchanging goals;

18:06 What would we do if we knew?;

20:36 totalitarianism;

21:57 war.

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

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

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.

Knight, W. (2018). Google just gave control over data center cooling to an AI. MIT Technology Review. 17th Aug. 2018. https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/08/17/140987/google-just-gave-control-over-data-center-cooling-to-an-ai/ Retrieved 26th Oct. 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

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

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On what AI is or isn't, and whether it's between things.

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Details: no one knows what AI is; six questions; AI is an ocean; Herbert Simon on `the artificial'; an interface; artifacts; a battery; goals and environments; goals connected to batteries; simple and complex artifacts; amendments, corrections; Schneier was not a physicist; we got the Dulles quote on conspiracy; Russell on the small mental gaps between creatures. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re6

Air date: Sunday, 25th Oct. 2020, 07 : 20 PM Pacific/US.

Chapters:

00:00 no one knows what AI is;

00:46 six questions;

09:22 AI is an ocean;

12:14 Herbert Simon on `the artificial';

13:08 an interface;

15:20 artifacts;

16:09 a battery;

19:08 goals and environments;

21:13 goals connected to batteries;

25:14 simple and complex artifacts;

25:38 amendments, corrections;

25:53 Schneier was not a physicist;

26:13 we got the Dulles quote on conspiracy;

28:43 Russell on the small mental gaps between creatures.

References:

Amdahl, K. (1991). There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings. Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 0962781592. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0962781592 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0962781592 https://lccn.loc.gov/91203772

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 (2020/09/11). Re5: Hints From Inside. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re5 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.

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

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On problems of survival: destruction by enemies and fanatics.

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Details: `an ideal vehicle for conspiracy'; hints from the inside; we want the 5 percent; legwork; empiricism; competition; survival of life, leisure and legislation; Timothy Ash's op-ed in the FT today; solutions to information and trust problems; Dulles chpt. 15 recap; recap; next. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re5

Series: Dulles - Craft of Intelligence, Chpt. 15, 'Security in a Free Society', Part 4, final.

Air date: Friday, 11th Sep. 2020, 4 PM Pacific/US.

Chapters:

00:00 `an ideal vehicle for conspiracy';

03:08 hints from the inside;

04:32 we want the 5 percent;

10:42 legwork;

11:37 empiricism;

12:54 competition;

16:31 survival of life, leisure and legislation;

22:34 Timothy Ash's op-ed in the FT today;

24:54 solutions to information and trust problems;

27:50 Dulles chpt. 15 recap;

34:57 recap;

36:23 next.

References:

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Andrew, C., & Dilks, D. (Eds.) (1984). The Missing Dimension: Governments and Intelligence Communities in the Twentieth Century. Macmillan Publishers LTD (eBook), University of Illinois Press (hbk). ISBN 978-1349072347 (PDF eBook); ISBN 0252011570 (hbk). Citations may be from the PDF or the hbk. eBook available at: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-1-349-07234-7.pdf Retrieved 20 Aug. 2020.

Ash, T. G. (2020). Hearts don't beat faster for 'the rules-based international order'. Financial Times. 10th Sep. 2020 https://www.ft.com/content/0388ee5d-69aa-41c8-bd3c-8603dfe14a36 Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020.

Dulles, A. (1947). Germany's Underground: The Anti-Nazi Resistance. De Capo. First published 1947; De Capo edition 2000. ISBN: 0306809281. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=0306809281 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+0306809281 https://lccn.loc.gov/99058434

Dulles, A. (2016). The Craft of Intelligence. Lyons Press / Rowman & Littlefield. First published 1963. This edition copyright Joan Buresch Talley, daughter of Dulles. ISBN: 978-1493018796. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-1493018796 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-1493018796 https://lccn.loc.gov/2016017105 Different editions available at: https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Craft%20of%20Intelligence

Harrington, J. (1887). The Commonwealth of Oceana. George Routledge and Sons. First published 1656. This edition 1887. https://archive.org/details/cu31924030366094/page/n9/mode/2up Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020.

Oleson, P. C. (Ed.) (2016). AFIO's Guide to the Study of Intelligence. Association of Former Intelligence Officers, 1st ed. Citations are of the pbk edition, ISBN: 978-0997527308. PDF edition available at: https://www.afio.com/40_guide.htm Retrieved 10th Sep. 2020.

Ransom, H. H. (1984). Secret intelligence in the United States, 1947-1982: the CIA's search for legitimacy. In Andrew & Dilks (1984).

Retraice (2020/09/08). Re2: Tell the People, Tell Foes. retraice.com. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re2 Retrieved 22nd Sep. 2020.

Retraice (2020/xx/xx). Re6: Interface. retraice.com. Pending publication. https://www.retraice.com/segments/re6 Retrieval pending.

Samuelson, R. (2017). A government of laws, not of men. Claremont Review of Books. Fall, 2017. https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/a-government-of-laws-not-of-men/ Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020.

Talbot, D. (2015). The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government. Harper Perennial. ISBN: 978-0062276179. Searches: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=978-0062276179 https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn+978-0062276179 https://lccn.loc.gov/2015487367

NBC News (1965). The science of spying. [video recording]. 4th May. 1965. https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.614513 Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020. See also: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP67-00318R000100050001-2.pdf (a script) and https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82R00025R000500260013-9.pdf (an analysis of the content and public reactions to it) Retrieved 11th Sep. 2020.

Vallee, J. (1979). Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults. And/Or Press. ISBN: 0915904381. A different edition available at: https://archive.org/details/MessengersOfDeceptionUFOContactsAndCultsJacquesValle1979/mode/2up

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