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Episodes
Re116: When Does the Bad Thing Happen? (Technological Danger, Part 4)
6/24/2023
Agreements about reality in technological progress.
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Details: the chain reaction of questions; ontology and treaties for sharing; prediction—the need for precise ontologies is going to increase.
Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re116
Air date: Saturday, 14th Jan. 2023, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US.
0:00:00 the chain reaction of questions;
0:03:16 ontology and treaties for sharing;
0:06:21 prediction—the need for precise ontologies is going to increase.
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Duration:00:09:05
Re115: Technological Progress, Defined (Technological Danger, Part 3)
1/14/2023
How we would decide, given predictions, whether to risk continued technological advance.
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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.
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Duration:00:13:07
Re114: Visions of Loss (Technological Danger, Part 2)
1/13/2023
Human loss of freedom by deference to authority, dependency on machines, and delegation of defense.
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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.
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Duration:00:16:45
Re113: Uncertainty, Fear and Consent (Technological Danger, Part 1)
1/12/2023
Beliefs, and the feelings they cause, determine what chances we take; but possibilities don't care about our beliefs.
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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?
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Duration:00:16:43
Re112: The Attention Hazard and The Attention (Distraction) Economy
1/11/2023
Drawing attention to dangerous information can increase risk, but the attention economy tends to draw attention toward amusement.
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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.
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Duration:00:12:47
Re111: AI and the Gorilla Problem
1/10/2023
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.
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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.
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Duration:00:05:44
Re110: TikTok for Addicting the World's Kids
1/9/2023
Tristan Harris's analysis of China's TikTok vs. the exported version.
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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.
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Duration:00:03:03
Re109: TikTok (app), Tik-Tok (novel), and Low-Power Mode (Day 7, AIMA4e Chpt. 7)
1/8/2023
An observation of AI in action (TikTok), a decision (Low-Power Mode), and a coincidence (Tik-Tok).
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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.
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Duration:00:21:05
Re108: Contributors and Controllers (Day 6, AIMA4e Chpt. 6)
1/7/2023
A subdivision within the players of the computer control game.
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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.
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Duration:00:13:31
Re107: Three Kinds of AI (Day 5, AIMA4e Chpt. 5)
1/6/2023
War, peace and commerce AI in our multi-agent world.
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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.
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Duration:00:22:09
Re106: Elitism, Culling, Coercion, Adversaries, Strategy (Day 4, AIMA4e Chpt. 4)
1/5/2023
Technical terms from loaded words.
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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(?).
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Duration:00:24:09
Re105: Solve or Be Solved (Day 3, AIMA4e Chpt. 3)
1/4/2023
The mechanical advantage of those who control AI engineers.
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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.
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Duration:00:17:49
Re104: Agent Functions, Agent Programs, Task Environments (Day 2, AIMA4e Chpt. 2)
1/3/2023
Correcting the TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT series and modeling agents and environments.
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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.
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Duration:00:13:53
Re103: Dimensions of Intelligent Agents (Day 1, AIMA4e Chpt. 1)
1/2/2023
Adding fitness and truth to AIMA's dimensions, and considering 'artificial flight'.
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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'.
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Duration:00:20:11
Re102: AI For What
1/1/2023
Well-formed goals in the computer control game.
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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.
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Duration:00:34:33
Re101: News of ChatGPT, Part 4
12/31/2022
How ChatGPT crosses with the hypotheses.
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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.
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Duration:00:30:31
Re100: News of ChatGPT, Part 3
12/30/2022
An interpretation of ChatGPT's architecture.
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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.
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Duration:00:33:03
Re99: Math and Code, Bottom-Up and Top-Down
12/29/2022
Just-in-case and just-in-time as strategies for what to learn when.
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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.
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Duration:00:33:45
Re98: News of ChatGPT, Part 2
12/28/2022
Wondering about ChatGPT's predictions and keeping it alive.
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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.
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Duration:00:34:45
Re97: Recap of BFS (BEST-FIRST-SEARCH Part 15, AIMA4e pp. 73–74)
12/28/2022
A summary of how the AIMA-Python implementation of BFS works and what it took to learn it.
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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.
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Duration:00:35:33