Nice! Just looking my G+ that was unchecked for several weeks, I found this nice post by the Dalai Lama:
Dalai LamaJan 4, 2013 - Public The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. On a simple level we find that if we have a compassionate heart we naturally have more friends. And scientists today are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health. Very relevant. :-) On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Sergio Donal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Daniel: > > Regarding your concern, in my opinion, intelligence is the capability to > understand how things work. > > And my believe is that everything is interconnected, so we depend on each > other. Our planet is an ecological system so we depend on the ants and on > the bacteria. > > But even more, what makes sense to me is that our Universe is holistic > (similar to the theory that a common pattern is repeated at every scale) > and that its substance, the pattern is LOVE. > > It means that, though everything is interconnected we do not notice it at > first! > Why? > Because we are part of this Universe so we have to express the same > holistic pattern of love. In other words, love is unconditional, meaning > that when one loves, it does not matter whether that attitude is reciprocal > or not. One just does it because she/he wants it. Because Loving each other > we feel that connection resonating that makes us happy. Actually, it is the > only place where we can seek happiness. > > So we have to learn (by reasoning, and reinforcement learning :-) that > only by loving unconditionally every other being we will find true, ever > new joy and happiness. > > For me, intelligence is all about that, to understand not the abstraction > or concepts, but to learn how to be happy. > > So in brief, if my hypothesis is right, then the smarter the machines are, > the more compassionate they will be :-) > > Best! > Sergio > > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Schwartz, Daniel > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I really don’t know much about this subject , so if this question has >> been answered and you know where to find the answer, I’d appreciate it if >> someone could point it out to me. I’m really curious if there is anyone out >> there as interested in the subject as me who I can converse with! This >> seems to be the place!**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I just started researching AGI and I was wondering about questions >> regarding Ben’s criticisms on Minsky’s book “The society of mind” and “the >> emotion machine”. Those theories makes a lot of sense to me, but ben thinks >> “societies” is the wrong way to think about the mind, etc. Why is Minsky’s >> theories different than bens? I can’t find the source from where he said >> this, I think it might have been in an interview, but I’m not sure. But the >> criticism was something along the lines of “Minsky’s mind society does not >> consider the “synergy” of the mind working together.” **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Here is my rebuttal:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> In his second book “Emotion Machine” Minsky describes the mind as a >> series of “resources” instead of societies, but it’s largely the same >> concept. Anyway, when a person “thinks”, certain “resources” get turned on >> or off depending on the higher level goals of the question. When someone is >> in excruciating Pain, most resources turn off, leaving the individual to >> force to think about how to get rid of the pain. In Love, sometimes it >> seems as if a whole new “program” is running and blemishes can turn into >> embellishments—meaning, the “resources” for being turned off by physical, >> or personality defects is switched off. In the example of Pain, the higher >> level resource called “Pain” switches off all the other resources.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> How is it wrong to think of the mind as societies or resources as Minsky >> thinks? Why does the idea of hierarchy societies controlling lesser >> societies not work? **** >> >> I’m also aware that the question of “Where do the algorithms for the >> higher level societies come from?” But that is answered by the code >> described in our DNA and which has developed through mysterious events in >> evolution over thousands of years. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I have not gotten too in depth in the book yet, but I don’ see how this >> theory lacks as a supplementary framework for OpenCog. I am also familiar >> with the different sets of learning that OpenCog is, including MOSES and >> the others. I also have not investigated how these systems work, so maybe >> they actually do function as switches of on and off resources. OpenCog is >> supposed to emulate a three year olds mind, right? How is that working out? >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I vaguely understand the pattern theory that ben is all about, and I was >> wondering also if someone could point out where I can read more of that? >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> **This is so exciting and I am really grateful for everyone who is >> dedicating their time working on this relatively unknown idea. I am talking >> to all my friends about and trying to spread the idea of singularity. If I >> had more knowledge in programming, I’d be on board to help out! I hope that >> this happens in my lifetime, that it is a benevolent creature, and that it >> is “sensitive”, caring, like humans. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> As ben loves to say, “why would we care about a few ants or bacteria that >> die in building a skyscraper?” It is because we realize they are creatures >> too, and we wouldn’t want them to completely annihilate us. I do not think >> that the only reason people study them is for reasons to only elevate our >> understanding of the universe. Why can’t the reason be that we want to help >> other creatures get better? Just because someone is smarter than another, >> why wouldn’t it be comprehensible for it to wish to help the lesser? I hope >> that AGI systems will “feel” that desire. The programmers need to be very >> careful building this thing, even if that means gambling their dreams of >> eternity, because we have to consider the future of our children if it >> turns out to be malevolent, luckily most people are aware of this >> alternative.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Thanks everybody,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Danny**** >> *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/15717384-a248fe41> | >> Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription >> <http://www.listbox.com> >> > > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
