You can overdo the metaphors. Yes. But hey! Poets need a say too. This is the poetry of a neuroscientist/engineer. You gotta make allowances. :P
There's a serious message here. In addition to Galileo's note there are two paragraphs (behind the confessionals by Sir CortAlex and Ragy) that nail the heart of the problem in very specific technical terms, and are the key message. The rest of it is just a fun container. This is a real life problem with the science that I'm trying to get people to recognise and think about. Everything else is dressing. I even got colourblind Mary and the Chinese Room in there! And an obscure movie reference (can anyone see it? A scene from a relatively recent AI movie. Elephant stamp for the person that gets it!) and a fart joke. We could use a little humour in this business! There's a truckload of material in AGI. I've even written a slow blues song about how the same issue appears to the science of consciousness. More fun. More progress. :-) colin On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 3:22 PM Nanograte Knowledge Technologies via AGI < [email protected]> wrote: > Oh! I thought Ben may have played a cameo role here and there. He has been > digitally remastered into a corporatized version. > > My professor set me on an arduous path to discover Excalibur and draw it > from it's stony face. After looking elsewhere for such a purpose, all over > the hidden secrets and exhausting fumes of the earth, the journey took me > to the Valley of Mirrors. Once there, I learned all about the Vortex of > Trust. Unless one trusts oneself, Excalibur within would never be drawn. > > Perhaps, you should stop waiting in hope, and simply follow along on the > path you see set before you. Reality will never be what you imagined it to > be, but instead take form into what unfolds before your eyes as you walk in > hope, your Excalibur in hand, enlightened eyes and ears, wide open. > > The Universe would surely connect to such enthralling dots. It's obligated > to, by scientific predicate. Goggle that. > > Strange tales. > > Rob > ------------------------------ > *From:* Colin Hales via AGI <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, 19 August 2018 12:15 AM > *To:* AGI > *Subject:* Re: [agi] Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. > > > > On Sat., 18 Aug. 2018, 7:56 pm Nanograte Knowledge Technologies via AGI, < > [email protected]> wrote: > > A most-interesting exorcism. > > > Thanks. I think. 😋. It was fun to write. I realised I left Ben out of > the cast of luminaries. But then, maybe he got the better deal! > > If only the discussion could come to the seious attention of the real > life counterparts. This has gone on long enough! > > I remain hopeful. > > Cheers, > > Colin > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Colin Hales via AGI <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, 18 August 2018 3:16 AM > *To:* AGI > *Subject:* [agi] Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. > > > The Great AGIwar: An Exegesis > > By > > Dr Colin G. Hales > > > > 2000 words of fun with a pointed message on a stick delivered to the door > of the citadel. Think of it as the Turing Test toilet break goes bad. > > Enjoy. :-) > > Colin > > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery > options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc4740af26e8cd0ee-Mc9320d56a8a0aa299f9c2ee1> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tc4740af26e8cd0ee-M437cba4ab68195d098c09997 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
