Re: [agi] α, αGproton, Combinatorial Hierarchy, Computational Irreducibility and other things that just don't matter to reaching AGI

2024-03-31 Thread Matt Mahoney
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 9:46 PM James Bowery wrote: > Proton radius is about 5.2e19 Plank Lengths > The Hubble radius is 13.8e9 light-years = 8.09e60 Planck lengths. So 3.77e123 protons could be packed inside this sphere with surface area 8.22e122 Planck areas. The significance of the Planck area

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-31 Thread Keyvan M. Sadeghi
> The problem with this explanation is that it says that all systems with > memory are conscious. A human with 10^9 bits of long term memory is a > billion times more conscious than a light switch. Is this definition really > useful? > It's as useful as the calling the next era a Singularity. We d

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-31 Thread Matt Mahoney
On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 6:30 PM Keyvan M. Sadeghi wrote: > Don't be too religious about existence or non-existence of free will then, > yet. You're most likely right, but it may also be a quantum state! > The quantum explanation for consciousness (the thing that makes free will decisions) is that

Re: [agi] α, αGproton, Combinatorial Hierarchy, Computational Irreducibility and other things that just don't matter to reaching AGI

2024-03-31 Thread Matt Mahoney
Alpha is the square of the difference between Stoney units and Planck units. Stoney units are based on the unit electric charge instead of Planck's constant and are 11.7 times smaller. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_units Alpha was once thought to be rational (1/137) but all we know for s

Re: [agi] Microsoft and OpenAI to build $100B supercomputer

2024-03-31 Thread James Bowery
https://twitter.com/jabowery/status/1774506113569812892 On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 8:38 AM Matt Mahoney wrote: > The supercomputer called Stargate will have millions of GPUs and use > gigawatts of electricity. It is scheduled for 2028 with smaller version to > be completed in 2026. > > https://www.

Re: [agi] α, αGproton, Combinatorial Hierarchy, Computational Irreducibility and other things that just don't matter to reaching AGI

2024-03-31 Thread James Bowery
On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 9:54 AM Matt Mahoney wrote: > ...We can measure the fine structure constant to better than one part per > billion. It's physics. It has nothing to do with AGI... In private communication one of the ANPA founders told me that at one time there were as many as 400 distinc

[agi] Microsoft and OpenAI to build $100B supercomputer

2024-03-31 Thread Matt Mahoney
The supercomputer called Stargate will have millions of GPUs and use gigawatts of electricity. It is scheduled for 2028 with smaller version to be completed in 2026. https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-openai-planning-100-billion-data-center-project-information-reports-2024-03-29/ ---