Re: [FRIAM] What have the Romans - sorry - complexity done for us?

uld bewhat can we do now that we couldn't do 15 years ago as a consequence of complexity thinking?Then the list I gave earlier would be a valid answer... even if the advances come from physics, biology, engineering, they required ideas from complex systems...Best regards,     Carlos Gershenson.

Re: [FRIAM] Lyapunov Exponent

uk.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.AO/0505009 (equation (1)) Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/ “T

Re: [FRIAM] What have the Romans - sorry - complexity done for us?

.e. protocells (well, not here yet, but give it another two years...)4. Internet (well, it was just starting... say 20 years ago?)Cheers,     Carlos Gershenson...    Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel    Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium    http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgers

Re: [FRIAM] Dynamics of Complex Systems by Yaneer Bar-Yam

good introduction, see Murray Gell-Mann's http://www.santafe.edu/~mgm/complexity.html Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/

Re: [FRIAM] OT: GSM Phones w/ Email & Web

or directly with WiFi. More info at http://www.palm.com/us/products/index.html Cheers, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.vub.ac.be

Re: [FRIAM] singularity

and how- to pages Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/ “Tendencies tend to change...” ==

Re: [FRIAM] computer models of the mind

t. Thus, a mind needs a body and an environment to be able to be perceived by an observer.Best regards,     Carlos Gershenson...    Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel    Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium    http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/  “Tendencies

Re: [FRIAM] singularity

e size in KB of the installation files of a certain software, e.g. Linux, Windows, MS Office, Corel Draw, AutoCAD... (with Linux it's quite difficult, because a minimal version of it can fit in a couple of floppies, all the rest are add-ons...) Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Ce

Re: [FRIAM] computer models of the mind

al world robotics as the only way forward in AI, or at developing inside the computer complex bodies and environments... Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.v

Re: [FRIAM] singularity

xity of insects we didn't know about... basically, insects got much smarter in the last 15 years than our robots... Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cg

Re: [FRIAM] singularity

Whether this all leads to a singularity followed by the Cyberiad, or simply continues as a long-term symbiotic relationship (man and dog, computer and man), I don't know - I favor the latter.Me too.Best regards,     Carlos Gershenson...    Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 

Re: [FRIAM] Intentionality is the mark of the vital

tentionality or intelligence) in the following paper: Cognitive Paradigms: Which One is the Best? Cognitive Systems Research 5(2):135-156, June 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2003.10.002 Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krij

[FRIAM] singularity

> > Tangentally, this question is part of the reason I am very disturbed > by the concept of the "singularity" I made yesterday a blog entry about the singularity: http://complexes.blogspot.com/2006/07/limits-of-moores-law.html Best regards, Carlos Gershenson...

[FRIAM] more on Mexican elections fraud

fraud prevails, the current economic policies will continue, meaning that there will be even more immigrants going to the USA... and that is not good for neither country. Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B

Re: [FRIAM] 100 billion neurons

rtual brain would be controlling a real robot, you really need to have real time interaction to be able to deal with OUR environment... so I see this still VERY far... Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B

[FRIAM] Mexican Elections fraud

/americas/09mexico.html Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/ “Tendencies tend to change

Re: [FRIAM] Agent interaction patterns

interaction types. It is quite common in different systems, it promotes cooperation, organization, etc. You can check a very simple model of this I did on Chapter 4 of my BEng... http:// homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/jlagunez/asia/thesis/4.htm (Related experiments are in Chapter 6.2

Re: [FRIAM] Backup solutions (was "stupidest question....")

I can't tell you how many Windows servers exactly, but sounds like millions, and pretty mission critical.Maybe that could be the start of the collapse of mankind... :-)btw, some spam argued it would be today 06.06.06, the day of the beast...Best regards,     Carlos Gershenson...    Centru

Re: [FRIAM] ** this Wednesday** Lecture May 31 12:30p - Carlos Gershenson: A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems

generates new niches and opportunities that generate more money...Best regards,     Carlos Gershenson...    Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel    Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium    http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/  “Tendencies tend

Re: [FRIAM] ** this Wednesday** Lecture May 31 12:30p - Carlos Gershenson: A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems

7;s 06.06.06... the day of the beast...), we'll do something about it... Best regards, Carlos Gershenson... Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/ “Tendencies tend to change...”