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How we would decide, given predictions, whether to risk continued technological advance. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: progress, 'we' and winners; better and worse problems can be empirical; technological progress. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re115 Air date: Friday, 13th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 progress, 'we' and winners; 0:05:59 better and worse problems can be empirical; 0:08:46 technological progress. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Human loss of freedom by deference to authority, dependency on machines, and delegation of defense. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: mathematician Wiener; mathematician and philosopher Russell; philosopher Horesh; mathematician and terrorist Kaczynski; philosopher Bostrom. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re114 Air date: Thursday, 12th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 mathematician Wiener; 0:04:19 mathematician and philosopher Russell; 0:05:57 philosopher Horesh; 0:07:33 mathematician and terrorist Kaczynski; 0:13:26 philosopher Bostrom. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Beliefs, and the feelings they cause, determine what chances we take; but possibilities don't care about our beliefs. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: prediction—freedom is going to decrease; decisions—two problems of life and the problem of death; uncertainty; beliefs and feelings; chances; possibilities; If you believe x, do you consent to y? Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re113 Air date: Wednesday, 11th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 prediction—freedom is going to decrease; 0:01:37 decisions—two problems of life and the problem of death; 0:03:16 uncertainty; 0:06:03 beliefs and feelings; 0:07:10 chances; 0:10:47 possibilities; 0:12:22 If you believe x, do you consent to y? Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Drawing attention to dangerous information can increase risk, but the attention economy tends to draw attention toward amusement. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: attention hazard of information; adversaries and agents; secrets and suppression; the attention (distraction) economy. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re112 Air date: Tuesday, 10th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 attention hazard of information; 0:03:24 adversaries and agents; 0:07:46 secrets and suppression; 0:08:28 the attention (distraction) economy. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Russell and Norvig say it's natural to worry that AI will destroy us, and that the solution is good design that preserves our control. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: the gorilla problem; the human problem. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re111 Air date: Monday, 9th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 the gorilla problem; 0:03:01 the human problem. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Tristan Harris's analysis of China's TikTok vs. the exported version. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: Tristan Harris on '60 Minutes', 2022; Harris on 'Joe Rogan', 2021. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re110 Air date: Sunday, 8th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 Tristan Harris on '60 Minutes', 2022; 0:01:34 Harris on 'Joe Rogan', 2021. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

An observation of AI in action (TikTok), a decision (Low-Power Mode), and a coincidence (Tik-Tok). Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: prediction—default doom; preferences—competing goals; decision—low-power mode. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re109 Air date: Saturday, 7th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 prediction—default doom; 0:08:31 preferences—competing goals; 0:15:52 decision—low-power mode. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

A subdivision within the players of the computer control game. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: notes on CSPs, war in Re107, and Re69's citation; two categories of players in computer control. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re108 Air date: Friday, 6th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 notes on CSPs, war in Re107, and Re69's citation; 0:02:43 two categories of players in computer control. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

War, peace and commerce AI in our multi-agent world. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: at least three stances toward other agents; war, peace and commerce AI; questions and answers. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re107 Air date: Thursday, 5th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 at least three stances toward other agents; 0:02:36 war, peace and commerce AI; 0:11:46 questions and answers. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Technical terms from loaded words. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: elitism and culling in evolutionary algorithms; coercion in sensorless (conformant) problems; adversaries and dead ends in online search; strategy in partially observable and nondeterministic environments; AI can handle what science can't(?). Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re106 Air date: Wednesday, 4th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 elitism and culling in evolutionary algorithms; 0:07:53 coercion in sensorless (conformant) problems; 0:14:22 adversaries and dead ends in online search; 0:18:03 strategy in partially observable and nondeterministic environments; 0:19:38 AI can handle what science can't(?). Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

The mechanical advantage of those who control AI engineers. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: agent, environment arbitrary; task environment is problem, agent is solution; a recent, vast array of tools; mechanical advantage; it's not like math; solve or be solved. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re105 Air date: Tuesday, 3rd Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 agent, environment arbitrary; 0:02:59 task environment is problem, agent is solution; 0:03:09 a recent, vast array of tools; 0:03:45 mechanical advantage; 0:08:52 it's not like math; 0:10:34 solve or be solved. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Correcting the TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT series and modeling agents and environments. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: correction to Re65–Re69, Re77—agent program vs. agent function; agents, task environments and their environments; AI is a new kind of literacy. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re104 Air date: Monday, 2nd Jan. 2023, 2 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 correction to Re65–Re69, Re77—agent program vs. agent function; 0:03:19 agents, task environments and their environments; 0:09:36 AI is a new kind of literacy. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Adding fitness and truth to AIMA's dimensions, and considering 'artificial flight'. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: amendments and corrections—Re102; deciding vs. discovering what AI is; agent intelligence with respect to truth and fitness; 'artificial flight'. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re103 Air date: Sunday, 1st Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 amendments and corrections—Re102; 0:07:08 deciding vs. discovering what AI is; 0:09:59 agent intelligence with respect to truth and fitness; 0:15:10 'artificial flight'. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Well-formed goals in the computer control game. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: Kurzweil, 2029 and 2042; more thoughts on learning AI; What are the purposes of learning AI?; What is the purpose of Retraice?; What is our problem, to which math, code and AIMA4e are part of the solution?; moonshots. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re102 Air date: Saturday, 31st Dec. 2022, 2 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 Kurzweil, 2029 and 2042; 0:12:12 more thoughts on learning AI; 0:18:34 What are the purposes of learning AI?; 0:19:11 What is the purpose of Retraice?; 0:24:59 What is our problem, to which math, code and AIMA4e are part of the solution?; 0:27:18 moonshots. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

How ChatGPT crosses with the hypotheses. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: What is it again?; ChatGPT and the world; ChatGPT and H1–H12. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re101 Air date: Friday, 30th Dec. 2022, 4 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 What is it again?; 0:02:38 ChatGPT and the world; 0:08:53 ChatGPT and H1–H12. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

An interpretation of ChatGPT's architecture. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: an attempt to explain language models; an attempt to explain ChatGPT. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re100 Air date: Thursday, 29th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 an attempt to explain language models; 0:10:33 an attempt to explain ChatGPT. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Just-in-case and just-in-time as strategies for what to learn when. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: now evident, after the December to Remember Math and Code Event; just-in-case, bottom-up and just-in-time, top-down learning; finding math and code needs in evidence (top-down); simplified. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re99 Air date: Wednesday, 28th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 now evident, after the December to Remember Math and Code Event; 0:15:03 just-in-case, bottom-up and just-in-time, top-down learning; 0:20:05 finding math and code needs in evidence (top-down); 0:25:08 simplified. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

Wondering about ChatGPT's predictions and keeping it alive. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: amendments and corrections to Re96; open question—What is it good at?; open question—What does it do?; What does it take to keep (e.g.) ChatGPT 'alive'?; next, we'll cross ChatGPT with the hypotheses. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re98 Air date: Tuesday, 27th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 amendments and corrections to Re96; 0:03:30 open question—What is it good at?; 0:09:25 open question—What does it do?; 0:17:54 What does it take to keep (e.g.) ChatGPT 'alive'?; 0:30:28 next, we'll cross ChatGPT with the hypotheses. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

A summary of how the AIMA-Python implementation of BFS works and what it took to learn it. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: overview; Re82 formal problems, Re84 nodes, Re90 problem implementation, Re95 final execution; the len call, and straight-line distances vs. road distances; the program running, and source. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re97 Air date: Tuesday, 27th Dec. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 overview; 0:05:02 Re82 formal problems, Re84 nodes, Re90 problem implementation, Re95 final execution; 0:08:22 the len call, and straight-line distances vs. road distances; 0:14:34 the program running, and source. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com

An entry in the history books of the future. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: ChatGPT is what?; the price of some labor to zero; confidence; AOSE; asking it to do something useful; reading and learning about itself. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re96 Air date: Monday, 26th Dec. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 ChatGPT is what?; 0:06:04 the price of some labor to zero; 0:17:49 confidence; 0:26:05 AOSE; 0:26:25 asking it to do something useful; 0:35:59 reading and learning about itself. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com