Lecture 2
... net systematically (or in some cases, not so systematically), examining nodes, looking for a goal node. • Clearly following a cyclic path through the net is pointless because following A,B,C,D,A will not lead to any solution that could not be reached just by starting from A. • We can represent the p ...
... net systematically (or in some cases, not so systematically), examining nodes, looking for a goal node. • Clearly following a cyclic path through the net is pointless because following A,B,C,D,A will not lead to any solution that could not be reached just by starting from A. • We can represent the p ...
`Reality the Beautiful`. Search for Beauty, Harmony and Love
... independent. But it is also dependent on truth. Truth has got the better position and not misunderstanding. So, your transaction should he always with the truth, with the positive. And what is positive truth? sat chid ananda, that is the characteristic; unassailable existence, then selfconsciousness ...
... independent. But it is also dependent on truth. Truth has got the better position and not misunderstanding. So, your transaction should he always with the truth, with the positive. And what is positive truth? sat chid ananda, that is the characteristic; unassailable existence, then selfconsciousness ...
Douglas Hofstadter - The Minds I Further Reading
... in which things can exist have been a major preoccupation of philosophers since Plato's day. Prob ably the most influential of today's hard-nosed, tough-minded scientific ontologists is Willard V. O. Quine, of Harvard University. His classic paper "On What There Is" first appeared in 1948 in the Rev ...
... in which things can exist have been a major preoccupation of philosophers since Plato's day. Prob ably the most influential of today's hard-nosed, tough-minded scientific ontologists is Willard V. O. Quine, of Harvard University. His classic paper "On What There Is" first appeared in 1948 in the Rev ...
Artificial Intelligence 4. Knowledge Representation
... That it’s difficult to specify solution representations That it’s difficult to specify fitness functions Why mutation is important (local maxima avoidance) ...
... That it’s difficult to specify solution representations That it’s difficult to specify fitness functions Why mutation is important (local maxima avoidance) ...
Non-Optimal Multi-Agent Pathfinding Is Solved (Since 1984)
... Push and Swap algorithm by Luna and Bekris also rely on observations that were already contained in Kornhauser’s thesis. These algorithms can possibly be interpreted as instantiations of the general algorithm by Kornhauser for the case with at least two unoccupied nodes. This somewhat cautious state ...
... Push and Swap algorithm by Luna and Bekris also rely on observations that were already contained in Kornhauser’s thesis. These algorithms can possibly be interpreted as instantiations of the general algorithm by Kornhauser for the case with at least two unoccupied nodes. This somewhat cautious state ...
Towards Conscious-like Behavior in Computer Game Characters
... concerned with the replication of consciousness in machines. This is indeed a vast area of research, where different subareas can be identified: design of machines showing conscious-like behaviors, implementation of cognitive capabilities associated with consciousness, design of humanconsciousness i ...
... concerned with the replication of consciousness in machines. This is indeed a vast area of research, where different subareas can be identified: design of machines showing conscious-like behaviors, implementation of cognitive capabilities associated with consciousness, design of humanconsciousness i ...
Explaining the Ineffable
... occurs, the next task in building a theory of it is to design a computer program (or find one already built) that will solve some problems intuitively - as determined by exactly the same criteria as we employ to determine when people are using intuition. The program will solve these problems, if the ...
... occurs, the next task in building a theory of it is to design a computer program (or find one already built) that will solve some problems intuitively - as determined by exactly the same criteria as we employ to determine when people are using intuition. The program will solve these problems, if the ...
evolutionary computation
... search space belong to the solution space, each one having a different membership value which expresses the acceptability of the element as a solution. Then the problem becomes one of finding a state having as high membership value as possible. ...
... search space belong to the solution space, each one having a different membership value which expresses the acceptability of the element as a solution. Then the problem becomes one of finding a state having as high membership value as possible. ...
the physical basis of consciousness
... includes what Bergson [8] and others called the élan vital or vital force. Currently use of Energy Medicine and Mind-body Medicine uses the vital force in only a superficial manner like the early history of electricity with only ‘amber and fur’ not the highly advanced transistor based devices of mod ...
... includes what Bergson [8] and others called the élan vital or vital force. Currently use of Energy Medicine and Mind-body Medicine uses the vital force in only a superficial manner like the early history of electricity with only ‘amber and fur’ not the highly advanced transistor based devices of mod ...
The Fate of the Meat World - The Biointelligence Explosion
... What Is It Like To Be A Super-Intelligent Bat? To understand the world - both its formal/mathematical and its subjective properties - sentient organic life must bootstrap our way to Full-Spectrum Superintelligence. We need to find ways to navigate all possible state-spaces of qualia and map them - i ...
... What Is It Like To Be A Super-Intelligent Bat? To understand the world - both its formal/mathematical and its subjective properties - sentient organic life must bootstrap our way to Full-Spectrum Superintelligence. We need to find ways to navigate all possible state-spaces of qualia and map them - i ...
The Neuronal Correlate of Consciousness
... (Hameroff, 2006; Penrose, 1994). As none of the predictions of these theories are at present amenable to experimental verification, these will not be discussed further. Another class of theories pursues more modest goals and attempts to examine neuronal mechanisms potentially capable of supporting a ...
... (Hameroff, 2006; Penrose, 1994). As none of the predictions of these theories are at present amenable to experimental verification, these will not be discussed further. Another class of theories pursues more modest goals and attempts to examine neuronal mechanisms potentially capable of supporting a ...
canonical3
... lights of AI, states that “Despite its advances in the last 50 years [since a defining meeting on AI held at Dartmouth College in 1956], it is clear that the original goals set by the first generation of AI visionaries have not been reached... [T]he current landscape of research reveals how little w ...
... lights of AI, states that “Despite its advances in the last 50 years [since a defining meeting on AI held at Dartmouth College in 1956], it is clear that the original goals set by the first generation of AI visionaries have not been reached... [T]he current landscape of research reveals how little w ...
Close - Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
... a plan to architect and implement the hypothesis (Samsonovich 2011) that there is a reasonably achievable minimal set of initial cognitive and learning characteristics (called critical mass) such that a learning self (“seed AI”) ...
... a plan to architect and implement the hypothesis (Samsonovich 2011) that there is a reasonably achievable minimal set of initial cognitive and learning characteristics (called critical mass) such that a learning self (“seed AI”) ...
Reflexive Monism final version December 2007
... world as described by modern physics (in terms of quantum mechanics, relativity theory and so on). However, it is the everyday physical world that we can see that we normally think of as public, objective and observer-independent in the ways outlined above. The observation that this phenomenal physi ...
... world as described by modern physics (in terms of quantum mechanics, relativity theory and so on). However, it is the everyday physical world that we can see that we normally think of as public, objective and observer-independent in the ways outlined above. The observation that this phenomenal physi ...
Disorders of Consciousness: Brain Death, Coma
... “try to mouth words.” Awareness can also be indicated by purposeful movements such as pushing away at a painful stimulus; this purposeful response contrasts to the automatic reflex movements that occur in response to painful stimuli when one is in a coma. ...
... “try to mouth words.” Awareness can also be indicated by purposeful movements such as pushing away at a painful stimulus; this purposeful response contrasts to the automatic reflex movements that occur in response to painful stimuli when one is in a coma. ...
Neural Mechanism of Language
... „b>c‟ together can result in rule „a->c‟. Specifically, with synapses growing, the time delay between a and c will become smaller. Since connection strength is negative correlative with time interval according to R2, a tends to connect to c directly. Briefly, reasoning process in the cortex is compa ...
... „b>c‟ together can result in rule „a->c‟. Specifically, with synapses growing, the time delay between a and c will become smaller. Since connection strength is negative correlative with time interval according to R2, a tends to connect to c directly. Briefly, reasoning process in the cortex is compa ...
A Cognitive Computation Fallacy?
... psychology [1] neuroscientists have attempted to define the fundamental features of the brain and its information-processing capabilities in terms of (i) mean firing rates at points in the brain cortex (neurons) and (ii) computations; today the prevailing view in neuroscience is that neurons can be ...
... psychology [1] neuroscientists have attempted to define the fundamental features of the brain and its information-processing capabilities in terms of (i) mean firing rates at points in the brain cortex (neurons) and (ii) computations; today the prevailing view in neuroscience is that neurons can be ...
On Form, Mind and Matter (with special reference to `Crystal Souls
... naturalistic dualism of CHALMERS (1995), monistic idealism of GOSWAMI (1993)). The search for a scientific explanation of consciousness has encouraged this development, strangely provocating the highlights of materialism towards the end of a century dominated by materialistic science and war. The ef ...
... naturalistic dualism of CHALMERS (1995), monistic idealism of GOSWAMI (1993)). The search for a scientific explanation of consciousness has encouraged this development, strangely provocating the highlights of materialism towards the end of a century dominated by materialistic science and war. The ef ...
Searle on Emergence
... Drawing on this assumption, it is not surprising that a similar “mechanism“ is present in the case of neurons and consciousness. Searle is well aware that we don’t know the exact conditions of emergence of consciousness; he presents the mechanism of emergence as an attempt to bridge the gap in our k ...
... Drawing on this assumption, it is not surprising that a similar “mechanism“ is present in the case of neurons and consciousness. Searle is well aware that we don’t know the exact conditions of emergence of consciousness; he presents the mechanism of emergence as an attempt to bridge the gap in our k ...
Bootstrapping A Structured Self-Improving & Safe Autopoietic Self
... It’s a fairly obvious pre-requisite for self-improvement. Given a choice between intelligent artifacts/tools and possibly problematical adaptive homeostatic selves, why not have self-improving tools? Selves solve the symbol grounding problem (meaning) and the frame problem (understanding) because th ...
... It’s a fairly obvious pre-requisite for self-improvement. Given a choice between intelligent artifacts/tools and possibly problematical adaptive homeostatic selves, why not have self-improving tools? Selves solve the symbol grounding problem (meaning) and the frame problem (understanding) because th ...
the scientific and spiritual implications of psychic abilities
... time and space. In fact, we now know that information from the future regularly filters into our dreams—one could fairly say that these precognitive dreams indicate that the future affects our past. In other words, our dream tonight may be caused by an event that we will experience at a later time, ...
... time and space. In fact, we now know that information from the future regularly filters into our dreams—one could fairly say that these precognitive dreams indicate that the future affects our past. In other words, our dream tonight may be caused by an event that we will experience at a later time, ...
Neuroscience and the artist’s mind Peter Stupples
... customs, rehearse patterns of a commonly agreed sensorial experience of the world, reconstruct and reemphasise their version of a collective history, constitute themselves more broadly into a ‘culture’. These are reflexive and recursive processes: beliefs colour a culture’s experience of the world (w ...
... customs, rehearse patterns of a commonly agreed sensorial experience of the world, reconstruct and reemphasise their version of a collective history, constitute themselves more broadly into a ‘culture’. These are reflexive and recursive processes: beliefs colour a culture’s experience of the world (w ...
Baars - neurofeedback - Aspen2008
... ideomotor theory. The notion that conscious goals and images are inherently impulsive, and tend to be carried out by default, unless they are inhibited by other conscious thoughts or ...
... ideomotor theory. The notion that conscious goals and images are inherently impulsive, and tend to be carried out by default, unless they are inhibited by other conscious thoughts or ...