Wednesday, December 25, 2019
The Fifth Head of Cerebus by Gene Wolfe
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
The Emperor's New Mind by Roger Penrose
Sunday, December 15, 2019
21st Century Life Skills
Saturday, December 14, 2019
NeurIPS 2019 in Vancouver
One theme that hit the twitterverse live blogging about NeurIPS-19 is that neural network deep learning research (but not application) is "hitting the wall" because of the narrow set of problems it solves (optimization with clear objective and loss functions). At least two keynote talks highlighted the limits in current approaches and our woefully inadequate capabilities to solve more interesting "general AI" problems. In particular, this fantastic talk by Blaise Aguera y Arcas proposes a deeper simulation of biological systems (including neurons, evolution, & biological systems' learning) together with long-term short-term memory (LSTM) units in a simple topology as the basis for adaptable metalearning. And in this talk, Yoshua Bengio explains some ideas for abstraction that he hopes will bring AI closer to general AI, including attention, consciousness, and causality.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Mare Internum by Der-Shing Helmer
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Friday, November 29, 2019
Die Tagesordnung by Eric Vulliard
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
3 minutes, 3 hours, 3 days, 3 weeks
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Saturday, November 23, 2019
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
I am a strange loop by Douglas Hofstadter
algae bio-reactor sucks CO2 creates food, fuel, textiles
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Friday, November 15, 2019
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Catriona Shearer's "Tilted Twin" puzzle
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Misc Stories and Books by Frederik Pohl
The History of Jihad from Muhammad to ISIS by Robert Spencer
Friday, November 8, 2019
How to Have a Good Day by Caroline Webb
Take a moment to think about one of your goals. It could be anything – from a professional aspiration to a dietary resolution.Got it? Okay, now jot it down.Did you write something like "Stop eating junk," or was it more like "Make healthy, delicious meals for myself"?The former formulation is an avoidance goal; the latter, in contrast, is an approach goal.Create approach goals for feel-good productivityAs you probably guessed, approach goals – aiming for something positive rather than steering clear of something negative – make us feel better and are more effective at ushering us to actual goal achievement.One 1997 study found that students who used approach goals improved their performance, while the opposite was true for students using avoidance goals.So why not take a couple of goals you already have and reframe them? Because not only does "Deliver a presentation that I'm proud of" sound a lot more appealing than "Don't screw up my next presentation," it literally gives you a better chance of achievement.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Bullshit Jobs, A Theory by David Graeber
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
The Big Nine by Amy Webb
Monday, October 21, 2019
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Thursday, October 17, 2019
How To . . . by Randall Munroe
Saturday, October 12, 2019
interesting take on the national basketball association's imbroglio with the Chinese government
The story of immediate outrage from Chinese basketball fans over the Houston Rockets basketball team General Manager Morey's tweet suffers from the inconvenient truth that Twitter is banned in China. Hmm.
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Nassim Taleb's attacks on our definition and use of intelligence quotient (IQ) assessments and measurements
ProzessBasis: Artikeln und Podcasts
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Ig Noble Prizes
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- temperature differences in left and right side of French postmen's private parts.
- Automatic diaper changer for humans
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