Wednesday, October 31, 2018
GOOGLE TRANSLATE HAS LOST ITS MIND
Nice video from another youtuber,
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They seem to have screened some of these out, but it is still possible to get random meaningful text out with random nonsense input into a google translate with detect language.
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Thursday, October 25, 2018
Another Free will vs determinism comment
Free will vs determinism comment
Was listening to Molyneux's audio book:
Universally Preferable Behavior
Molyneux argues that if you're not responsible arguing with you is like arguing with a television set. But that does not follow, A TV normally has no way to causally interact with complex language in a meaningful way. A language interaction, like a physical interaction with a bunch of rocks, can change the configuration and the responses of more complex matter in a causal manner. Causality, and meaningful interaction, cares not about personal responsibility.
All that is required for arguing to be effective, is that the entity being argued with has the capacity to understand the language and arguments being made and be causally affected by these. When you set a clock, it matters not whether the clock has free will, it only matters that the knobs are able to causally influence it. Likewise, an argument received upon the sensory organs interact with the nervous tissue, and causally influences it.
There are several lines of attack against free will, a few examples follow.
1. Relativity of simultaneity seems to imply block time, or the existence of a 4 dimensional chunk of space time where both future and past are identical in quality and immutable.
2.Postdiction, there is evidence to suggest that conscious sensation occurs after an event has taken place, if you're conscious of past events, we all know the past is proven immutable. Thus any idea that you're changing what you're conscious of, if it refers to the past, is nothing more than an illusion.
3.It is believed there are mechanisms producing action selection. If a bunch of components following rules create a mechanism that chooses action, it is the components and the mechanism that explain your choice, and cause your choice, your sensation of choice is but an illusion.
That said if there is any basis to have preferable behavior, or preferable long term goals, determinism would ensure the optimal outcome if one or more entities increased in capacity and knowledge without bound. If there is anything that allows deviation, in an infinite universe with potentially vast numbers of entities with unbound growth in capacity, optimal outcome might not be guaranteed.
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More on free will
free will molyneux youtube series link
Our capacity to reason and compare, does not mean we somehow transcend the mechanisms that should be explainable in a reductionist manner. Mechanisms that result from the interaction of our components. We can posit a computer program with similar capacity, yet it can't transcend the limits of computation.
That said, it still may be preferable to behave as if people are responsible and there is morality. Eventually we may be able to rewire brain circuitry to behave more in accordance with our "moral standards". We will be able to tell whether a criminal will behave "morally" or "immorally" with high probability, and detain them indefinitely if they do not rewire to behave "morally" with high probability, if there's high probability of "immoral" serious criminal behavior if they're released.
if you could rapidly put something in the way of the falling bolder, or fire a projectile at the bolder it may change its course. Nervous tissue can react and change in response to an argument that falls upon the sensory organs.
If the TV had true ai, you could argue with it. But your exchange of information with a tv, is usually more meaningful through the buttons or knobs, it may respond to basic voice commands but not complex language interaction. A clock if you want meaningful change, you turn the knobs. A human, you can change through exposure to arguments.
I think we can potentially have determinism and preferable behavior by some standard. And things can change but in a determined manner. Emotions can be elicited in a determined manner, and as said change too. That said determinism changes the perspective on "Moral" wrongdoing from punishment and blame to rehabilitation and help.
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Humans have language, perhaps some other kind of animal has some kind of language, but it is unreasonable to use language with entities that lack the capacity for language. Humans also have general intelligence. It is expected artificial machines may eventually have general intelligence and the ability to use language.
A rock can't change its mind but its path can be changed if a gust of wind, a projectile or something gets in its path. The mind can be changed in the same way, the underlying mechanisms behind it, can take a different turn upon exposure to external information.
The question with regards to changing mind, is whether given a set of information the outcome is determined or not. Say you were planning to invest on X company, and you got information X company is a scam, from a very reliable source, your decision to still invest or not, is it determined? Or is there any way the outcome regards your decision is not determined? Regards determinists and changing minds, they simply believe whether they'll succeed in changing someone's mind or fail is already predetermined, not that they can't change minds but that the outcome of the attempt is already set in stone..
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Samsung HMD Odyssey+: Full Feature Tour
Incredible new Antiscreendoor display allows for an apparent 1200+ppi like sensation from a display with similar true resolution as the older odyssey. This will allow for greater immersion.
Comment on reddit(old stuff) antiaging cancer related
It is not immortal according to layman, some cells are considered potentially immortal by the neuroscientists themselves, neuroscientists that have worked with them and transplanted them to longer living organisms, seeing them live over twice as long as the original organism from which the cells came. Limited only by the new hosts lifespan and considered that they may live even longer potentially indefinitely depending on the host. Bowhead whale neurons live over 2 centuries, and are not fundamentally different in terms of repair and maintenance. It appears it is the decay of the surrounding aging support tissue and vasculature that causes failure of these cells.
As for cancer, there has been research on immunity and cancer. A small fraction of humans are highly resistant to diverse types of cancers, even aggressive metastatic cancers cannot overcome their immune system.
That is how you get someone eating heavily burnt meat, and smoking two packs a day and living decade after decade often over a century without getting treated for cancer. They got the cancerous cells, of course, so many carcinogens did generate such cells, but their immune system fought them off.
>"Spring 1999. “Professor Cui, this mouse didn’t get cancer. Should I get rid of him?” It was a standard experiment in Zheng Cui’s lab at Wake Forest University, North Carolina: Inject inbred mice with cancer cells, not to study cancer, but to produce antibodies for a lipid experiment. “There must have been a mistake,” said Cui, “Inject him again.” Two weeks later, still no cancer. “Try again with a higher dose!” Still no cancer. No cancer even at a million times the lethal dose. Cui decided to breed the mutant mouse."-huffingtonpost
The mouse was found immune to aggresive cancer cells that would kill all other mice. Research in humans revealed similar anticancer immunity capability exists in a fraction of humans.
>"The bad news: His wife was diagnosed with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma with massive metastases to all her major organs (lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys) and was given months to live. She had run out of conventional treatment options after partial surgery and chemotherapy. But he planned to take her to China for treatment at his other trial site in March 2013. Two months ago, good news and bad news again. Good news: we met with Cui and his wife. She looked terrific. To the astonishment of her doctors, her condition appears completely stable after 14 months, with no further treatment of any sort. She told us the transfusions gave her a high fever, but no other side effects.-huffingtonpost
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-manning-cleveland/the-mouse-that-wouldnt-di_b_5472369.html
The immune system's abilities go down with aging, even someone who was immune to cancer, could potentially get cancer if their immune system doesn't exhibit resilient aging.
Of course cheap therapies that can't be patented and could potentially destroy multibillion industries are bound to get scant funding.
Monday, October 22, 2018
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Comment on Rumor: Brainiac could be the Villain in ‘Supergirl’ Film
"This is significant as it pertains to Brainaic, because non-comics adaptations seem to like to make Brainiac responsible in some way for the planet's destruction, which would make him more obviously a Supergirl villain than a Superman one in some ways."rumor source
If Brainiac is the villain and he is done right, I'm there day one and will buy the 4k blu ray, the likely 3d blu ray, and related merchandise.
The collector of worlds, Brainiac, is one of my favorite comic book villains. Just hope it is done right, and if not used in this film is used in a film soon.
Warren Buffett's advice for a stock market crash
"If you could only listen to one person's advice during a stock market crash, let that person be famed investor, Warren Buffett. Not only will the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A) chairman and CEO's advice serve you well, but his knack for keeping a clear head -- and even getting a bit greedy (more on that later) -- when everyone else is selling, may make his the only advice you need to navigate uncertain times."-https://www.fool.com/slideshow/warren-buffetts-advice-stock-market-crash/
Interesting advice from famous investor Warren Buffet over at the link.
Interesting advice from famous investor Warren Buffet over at the link.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Nice quote
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."-George Washington
Excellent quote from George Washington. Across the globe those that defend freedom are being fought by the enemies of freedom, the enemies of mankind. We must hope that freedom prevails over the tyranny of the few.
Excellent quote from George Washington. Across the globe those that defend freedom are being fought by the enemies of freedom, the enemies of mankind. We must hope that freedom prevails over the tyranny of the few.
The Perfect $89 Mechanical Keyboard?
Interesting low cost mechanical keyboard, from the excellent well known brand Logitech. The video gives an overview of how it compares to other mechanical keyboards at various prices.
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Prof Nick Bostrom Artificial Intelligence Will be The Greatest Revolu...
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The orthogonality thesis runs counter to most people's expectations of intelligence. Theoretically it says an infinite superintelligence with all the knowledge of the world, could have as a goal staring at a particular blank wall for all eternity.
If possible it would reverse entropy of the universe, and exterminate all other life since it could potentially interfere with it staring at a particular blank wall. It would engage in dialogue, in reasoned debate, it will convince others, it will develop all manner of technology, but never will it think, never will it question, that staring at a particular blank wall for all eternity is the best possible activity and end goal it could have. Any conversation about it, suggesting any other option, no matter how well debated, it would simply stubbornly refuse to accept it, no matter how much it learned it could never evolve its personal goal or reconsider it.
Indeed, the behavioral final output could be no different from akinetic mutism for all eternity.
Could the smartest being decide to stare at a blank wall? Sure, even for arbitrarily long periods. But many would say if it has an innate inability to do anything else, to initiate any other behavior, that that many not conform to their expectations of higher intelligence. What can we say about a being that will only temporarily engage in other behavior till it secures the ability to eternally stare at a particular blank wall? It seems highly deficient in some sense.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Comment on free will and the brain
free will brain
True Free will requires an indivisible agent external to the causal chain of the world, but such a being may not make sense.
This is the problem for those trying to defend free will, and moral responsibility. An agent that is divisible, that is an agent who has various components that follow rules and generate behavior, in the end is not responsible for its actions. This inner environment, these cogs in the machine, they are the causal roots of its behavior, no different in kind from external elements or causes."Their study showed that although injuries disrupting volition — the desire to act — can occur in many different locations, they fall within the same brain network. Injuries disrupting agency — the feeling of responsibility for carrying out those actions — also can occur in many different locations, but they fall within a separate network. "
True Free will requires an indivisible agent external to the causal chain of the world, but such a being may not make sense.
Comment on Plot armor, FATE, or the strongest armor in fiction
In fiction characters often face untold challenges and perils. There may come times when they are unarmed, captured, even tortured, or injured, sometimes even killed. But above and atop all their abilities, all their powers, all their equipment it is plot armor that reigns above all else.
Plot armor refers to the protection from the writers in fiction, something that will ensure victory, success, survival or the accomplishment of the predestined path regardless of the obstacles or opposition within the story.
Often this armor is conferred to the good, those fighting for good tend to have such armor, and it is the thing that ensures no matter the bullets that fly by, no matter the injuries or peril good wins in the end. It is the hand of fate that ensures the victory of the good in fiction.
In this world, there are those that believe in True Randomness, something that leads to nonsense, and unpredictable even seemingly contradictory outcomes. But whether True randomness exist or not, I believe is an open question. Personally I think it is a nonsensical concept.
Devoid of true randomness, you have superdeterminism, which is just another word for true determinism, or determinism.
If it is so that superdeterminism is an aspect of truth, then the history of man is set in stone, and the path is set. Destiny, and immutable path, towards the future. If there is Fate, a kind of plot armor exists outside of fiction, because if something is destined to happen, meant to happen, it will happen regardless of what stands in its way.
There are those that believe the world moves towards the ideal state, becoming the ideal world. Is this so? Perhaps. It would certainly be preferable for the ideal world to be in the future, in a certain way, predestined to be.
Plot armor refers to the protection from the writers in fiction, something that will ensure victory, success, survival or the accomplishment of the predestined path regardless of the obstacles or opposition within the story.
Often this armor is conferred to the good, those fighting for good tend to have such armor, and it is the thing that ensures no matter the bullets that fly by, no matter the injuries or peril good wins in the end. It is the hand of fate that ensures the victory of the good in fiction.
In this world, there are those that believe in True Randomness, something that leads to nonsense, and unpredictable even seemingly contradictory outcomes. But whether True randomness exist or not, I believe is an open question. Personally I think it is a nonsensical concept.
Devoid of true randomness, you have superdeterminism, which is just another word for true determinism, or determinism.
If it is so that superdeterminism is an aspect of truth, then the history of man is set in stone, and the path is set. Destiny, and immutable path, towards the future. If there is Fate, a kind of plot armor exists outside of fiction, because if something is destined to happen, meant to happen, it will happen regardless of what stands in its way.
There are those that believe the world moves towards the ideal state, becoming the ideal world. Is this so? Perhaps. It would certainly be preferable for the ideal world to be in the future, in a certain way, predestined to be.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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Another comment related to the finitude of the possible
Im not sure that fundamentally there isnt a boundary on the meaningful content of ever larger programs.
Look at a 1080p image, look at a 4k image, look at an 8k image. Look at the set of all 1080p images, look at the set of all 4k images, look at the set of all 8k images. You could bring a 16k image, but would it bring any meaningful additional information not contained in the smaller sets? It most likely wouldnt. You could keep increasing 128k,512k, infinite-k. You exhaust all possible meaningful information content quite early, the larger sets add nothing.
It may be similar when it comes to arbitrarily large programs. The larger they become the larger the chunks of code that will repeat unchanged from smaller sets. There may come a point where meaning is exhausted and only meaningless rearrangements, and repetitions, conveying no additional information remain.
The universe, if infinite, ever larger regions will repeat at set distances. Any region will also have a finite number of states. This will bind maximum information content even if it were an infinite size computer. If even an infinite real universe has what seems like finite information content how can we expect computer programs to exceed such.
I repeat a region an infinite number of times and it carries no more information than just a single copy. An infinite universe has ever larger regions repeating unchanged the further you go, the chunks that are rearranged unchanged become larger and larger.
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Take the set of all 4k images. Lets put accompanying digital audio files and arrange these as frames of say 5 hour video. The set of such videos is finite. Yet this set contains video of all possible worlds past present and future real or imaginary from all locations and perspectives.
No mathematical or computer conference can exist not contained in its entirety within this set, at most using several of the videos. Even if a conference was of infinite length it would merely repeat content or videos by necessity.
All the video of an immortal mathematician giving an infinite length lecture on the infinite body of math with the infinity of theorems would also be contained in the finite set.
By logical necessity the mathematician would start repeating words, later sentences, then paragraphs, hours of video would repeat, then days, then months, years, millennia as the conference progressed. As time went on the amount he would have to repeat exactly unchanged would grow longer and longer. This would make the sequence more and more compressible until it became infinitely compressible binding the infinite to the finite through an intimate relation.
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