[agi] New article: EM Field Theory of Consciousness

2022-06-17 Thread Colin Hales
Hi, This is to let you know of the arrival of this publication: Hales, C.G., and Ericson, M.L. (2022). Electromagnetism’s Bridge Across the Explanatory Gap: How a Neuroscience/Physics Collaboration delivers Explanation into all Theories of Consciousness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 16.

[agi] Re: Google engineer claims AI bot LaMDA became 'sentient'

2022-06-17 Thread immortal . discoveries
here it is, the talk: https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917 -- Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T17fd28660e528bdc-M518ad16fd62979162e5ad87f Delivery options:

[agi] AGI DISCUSSION FORUM IN 6 HRS ... : June 17, 2022, 7AM-8:30AM Pacific time: Rob Freeman on chaotic cognitive linguistics

2022-06-17 Thread Ben Goertzel
June 17, 2022, 7AM-8:30AM Pacific time: Rob Freeman on chaotic cognitive linguistics ... Videoconference at: https://singularitynet.zoom.us/my/benbot Background: See the video of Rob's talk from AGI-21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiVet-b-NM8 https://wiki.opencog.org/w/AGI_Discussion_Forum

Re: [agi] Systemic Issues, Rays of Light

2022-06-17 Thread Greg Staskowski
I'm still not on the boat d00dz? Hell, Oliver Wendell Holmes called computers the "triumph of the ciphering hand organ" and he was completely right. This isn't even AI, it's rubbing sticks together and flipping switches. Richard Feynman would be looking at this stuff and going.. "Yer MORONZ,

Re: [agi] Systemic Issues, Rays of Light

2022-06-17 Thread John Rose
An example of humility in a system, or more of a lack of really.  Big pharma, AKA big balls pharma, decides ya we need to go in and start tweaking the immune system. We're smart, even though the immune system code is millions of years old and working pretty good we need to go in and fix it. And

Re: [agi] Systemic Issues, Rays of Light

2022-06-17 Thread immortal . discoveries
On Friday, June 17, 2022, at 9:49 AM, Greg Staskowski wrote: > I need, I move toward the environment to fill the need, food, poop, air, > water. Ok. Oh look.. I connected with the line immediately (joking :D) On Friday, June 17, 2022, at 9:49 AM, Greg Staskowski wrote: > I'm seriously just

Re: [agi] New article: EM Field Theory of Consciousness

2022-06-17 Thread Greg Staskowski
I'll see your new chip and raise you Intel and NUfab at Northwestern and ok fine you've got an argument but an epistemological argument for consciousness? What does that have to do with quantum biophysics or actual real wetware neurons? I don't think a "theory of consciousness" is possible. It's

Re: [agi] New article: EM Field Theory of Consciousness

2022-06-17 Thread Mike Archbold
Personally I always like reading "no general-purpose computing, no software, no models, no programming"... I will put this on my list to read. It looks like a lot of work. On 6/17/22, Greg Staskowski wrote: > I'll see your new chip and raise you Intel and NUfab at Northwestern and ok > fine

[agi] Re: Google engineer claims AI bot LaMDA became 'sentient'

2022-06-17 Thread John Rose
On Monday, June 13, 2022, at 8:03 PM, Tony Cole wrote: > "breakthrough conversation technology" The chatbot was probably trying to figure out if the engineer was sentient. When engineer becomes chatbot and chatbot becomes engineer :) -- Artificial General

[agi] Re: New article: EM Field Theory of Consciousness

2022-06-17 Thread Colin Hales
Hi all, If you care to examine in detail Part Ii and the supplementary material, you'll find the entire thing is empirical and stands on the shoulders of the standard model of particle physics. This means it's all over. No more philosophy (it leaves the room) as depicted in the article. No more