[FRIAM] Pardon the interruption, I have a case of petty theft

And a case of why I utterly despise indian tech support. No this is not about wolpert. Yes i am beyond infuriated and feel violated 20 times a week, and 40 on sunday. *Facts:* Today (9/14): after getting groceries at the Smiths on pacheco up the hill from a mcdonalds. I went to get some groceries,

Re: [FRIAM] Wolpert - discussion thread placeholder

What would be convincing evidence of a superior intelligence independent of cultural inheritance? > On Sep 14, 2022, at 7:34 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > >  >> On 9/14/22 7:31 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >> ML gets better every day because it learns more like a newborn child than a >> university st

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On 9/14/22 7:31 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: ML gets better every day because it learns more like a newborn child than a university student. This isn't 1970s AI anymore. It all seems like a strawman argument, whether you know it or not. And as I have referenced watching a puppy and a kitten

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DaveW - A more reasonable question is what caused a small subset of our species to 'go beserk' and take a subset of the SAM that served our species so well for so long, to such abstract extremes? An answer might be found, and is argued, in the Ian McGilchrist works on recent "left-brained"

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ML gets better every day because it learns more like a newborn child than a university student. This isn't 1970s AI anymore. It all seems like a strawman argument, whether you know it or not. -Original Message- From: Friam On Behalf Of Prof David West Sent: Wednesday, September 14,

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Regarding Wolpert's first four questions: In my opinion, all four reflect a kind of arrogance that I have accused Scientists and Mathematicians of many times in the past—an attitude that modern formal and abstract math and science are a kind of ultimate achievement of our species. Any and all o

[FRIAM] tape measure app for android? and computer mice?

I've misplaced my physical tapemeasure, anyone know a good tape measure app for android? I'm trying to get the size of my front door. Other than thick and old. Computer Mice: I think I accidentally broke a logitech Mxsomething wireless. One of the coolest mice I've had recently was one that was

Re: [FRIAM] Floppy disks still live. Sorta

My very first PC was a Xerox 820 with a cabled IBM selectric as a printer and (2) 8" floppy drives. davew On Wed, Sep 14, 2022, at 9:58 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > When Mary moved here she had a collection of 3.5" floppies with her > early poetry on them...  she wasn't sure what she had and hadn'

Re: [FRIAM] God is not a Good Theory

I asked Alexa "what is GPT3?", She quoted from the beginning of the Wikipedia article: /*Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3*(//*GPT-3*//; stylized*GPT·3*//) is anautoregressive language model

Re: [FRIAM] God is not a Good Theory

I asked How best can a community non-profit arts organization increase donations? GPT-3 at the OpenAI playground replied There are a few ways a community non- profit arts organization can increase donations: 1. Reach out to local businesses and ask for sponsorships. 2. Have a donation drive and co

Re: [FRIAM] God is not a Good Theory

I have asked GPT-3 at the OpenAI playground about it:Q: What is God?GPT-3: There is no one answer to this question since there are so many different religious beliefs around the world. From a scientific standpoint, however, we can say that God is an unseen force or concept that governs or overse

[FRIAM] God is not a Good Theory

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Re: [FRIAM] Floppy disks still live. Sorta

When Mary moved here she had a collection of 3.5" floppies with her early poetry on them...  she wasn't sure what she had and hadn't had a floppy drive to look at them with since the 90s.   As it turned out I had a USB floppy reader I had bought to help someone else recover their history and sh

[FRIAM] Floppy disks still live. Sorta

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