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11/01/2024

10/30/2024

Good thing I stayed in Barcelona and did not go to Valencia...

10/24/2024

Problem Fixed. No need for an Architecture or Civil Engineering degrees.

10/12/2024

The following article from Medium critiques the current understanding and pursuit of AI and consciousness, arguing that humans have transcended biology into something greater. It questions the reductionist approach of neuroscience, which equates human qualities with mere brain functions, and how AI attempts to mimic human behavior based on input-output systems. The belief that AI can achieve true consciousness is challenged as a flawed hypothesis rooted in misconceptions about the mind, science, and consciousness.

Despite technological advances, such as generative AI, the fundamental "hard problem" of consciousness—how subjective experience arises from matter—remains unsolved. Neuroscience cannot fully explain how physical brain processes translate into non-physical phenomena like values, purpose, or emotions. The text suggests that consciousness might be more a philosophical or metaphysical issue than a scientific one.

The Article argues against several philosophical positions, including eliminative materialism (the view that consciousness is an illusion), panpsychism (everything has some form of consciousness), and the idea that the brain functions like a computer. It highlights that while AI and neural networks can simulate cognitive functions, they do not actually understand or experience like humans.
Philosophical traditions, especially existentialism and phenomenology, challenge AI’s ability to replicate consciousness, emphasizing the importance of the body’s interaction with the environment. The idea that adding computational power will eventually lead to consciousness is criticized as a misunderstanding of the qualitative differences between physical systems and conscious experience.

In conclusion, the article proposes a different perspective: that consciousness might be fundamental, with matter being secondary to it. This challenges the belief that AI could ever truly attain consciousness, portraying it as an oversimplification of human nature.

The limits of Science, Arguments from Philosophy

10/11/2024

AI front and center at the Nobel Prize this year

10/11/2024

This is the year for AI with the Nobel prize for physics and chemistry. First Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield for Neural Networks and Now Dennis Hassabis and John Jumper.

10/07/2024

https://medium.com/predict/ai-is-hitting-limitations-it-simply-cant-overcome-c9a9b7930286

AI is actually getting worse.

09/17/2024

https://danfaggella.com/aaronson1/

This week Scott Aaronson joins us on The Trajectory for episode 3 of the Worthy Successor series.

09/17/2024

https://danfaggella.com/worthy/

Assuming AGI is achievable (and many, many of its former detractors believe it is) - what should be its purpose?

09/08/2024

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43588-024-00674-9.epdf?sharing_token=Zxd7L6szDUVKwbqmNO5S2tRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Pq1mNu95lhgDdNLRemgORPlbUML5QJh76FSIWzN1bZzztDfA77dZtN6Xq-bS7iRskEyi70hTTox4PALMs14Cb2ZO8Lk3x3WVQzYTznt8VqEfjYeLOVMHALfoLEFUHgpfo5Ioknuo6HGC22rnfZA3bIFsGpPRC7qxo6O808AQsz7ScmDfyMn9wVExByke33sTxClKeWrkrD9hU_EPhmI6KOpD9u4ZATX2cpYlHxyz0inq2rJyWpLyZEndEKjNNqffo7l0LYlEjtIJauXF4qiVPoecaSU-hOopkPKjT6D_lmJI9UP3RSl3sBH0FjHsKA6xmHwpPqu6XVYaRhx2mE94FHlbTBhIsWp9_ns_KNI8IHxg%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.livescience.com

This study shows that by enhancing internal complexity of neurons in a Hodgkin–Huxley network, similar performance to larger, simpler networks can be achieved, suggesting an alternative path for powerful AI systems by focusing on neuron complexity.

08/14/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxDM8io4lUA&t=2s

April 9, 2024For more information about Stanford's Artificial Intelligence programs visit: https://stanford.io/aiEric SchmidtEric Schmidt is an accomplished ...