I just wanted to say that it seems likely that the Wright brothers (or at least Orville) believed that they could make a pedal powered flying bicycle. (I do not mean to be hyper-critical) but it seems very unlikely that the Wrights thought they could somehow harness birds to get their bicycle to fly. The thought probably did occur to them but the goal was (almost certainly) tied to using technology that was available to them: a machine that could be pedaled to a speed faster than a person could run and which could be pedaled to travel longer distances than a person could run. Of course, flying is not the same as bicycling along a smooth road, and a rough road at the start of the 20th century would not be an efficient surface to bike on. The Wright model of technological achievement is not the only model available to us, but it does represent how we need to work with technology that is available and accessible. The Wrights developed a wind tunnel and they discovered that the optimal angle of attack of a wing - or a propeller Orville realized - varied with the speed of the travel, and Orville discovered this by welding a test contraption on the top of the handlebars of a bicycle. I am not arguing about the merits of studying other ways to create AGI, I am only pointing out that our approach is sound - except that most of us are not actually conducting experiments. Jim Bromer
On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 7:51 AM Nanograte Knowledge Technologies < nano...@live.com> wrote: > korrelan > > In a generic system of regenerative competency, my theory holds how a > 'Toolkit' component contributes significantly to the notion of 'Reality'. > Perhaps then, your 'GTP' correlates to my component named 'Relativity', > where such a component provides the existential argument for the existence > of 'Reality' in any, particular context. > > Could it be that dementia was nothing more than the train of reality going > so fast it ended up looking at it's own rear-end reality without > recognizing it as such? Would any person be able to cognitively declare the > back of his/her own head as belonging to self? Is this where the spacetime > continuum possible bends and reality as we know it ends? > > Perhaps if dementia were considered purely systemically instead of purely > in the light of existing knowledge (with reference to your sound > literature-reviewed approach) about its complex symptomatic constraints? > > I'm of the one conviction that one cannot find answers in answers that did > not contain the knowledge to begin with. What knowledge about dementia was > reverse engineered from the BOK? > > You've obviously built a corresponding 'Toolkit', and many more components > of such a system of systems. I think your points on experimentation are > insightful and most valid. Thanks for sharing. > > Robert Benjamin > > ------------------------------ > *From:* korrelan <korrelan...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, 04 July 2019 11:21 > *To:* AGI > *Subject:* Re: [agi] ARGH!!! > > > Unless you have the spare cash, time and resources then the whole argument > is moot, and you must find another way of achieving the goals within your > means. You can negate most of the above by taking a leaf out the Wright > brothers methodology… take a leap of faith (in yourself) and just build the > damn thing, make it work… prove it works. > > Every now and again I like to take a break from teaching/ designing my > AGI’s and consider human frailties, and check if my design can simulate the > symptoms, and/ or give any insights into the prognosis/ diagnosis or cure. > > I have a list, roughly ordered by complexity and today it’s the turn of > terminal or paradoxical lucidity (PL). Paradoxical Lucidity is one of > natures cruellest tricks, approx 75% of patients with long term dementia > will fully/ partially become conscious/ lucid shortly before they die. It’s > a very complex diagnosis that ties into many other conditions and I’m > greatly over simplifying the topic for the purpose of explanation. > > > https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1552526019300950 > > Considering the phenomena in its simplest terms obviously begs the > question of how this can happen/ function. It seems intuitive that for > normal (ish) function to return the symptoms of dementia cannot be caused > by permanent damage/ change, or that something like a build up of amyloid > plaque is ultimately responsible, but something is impeding consciousness, > so what could it be. > > Keep in mind I have already done this for a myriad of conditions and > phenomena, so I have insight into how my model behaves/ functions. I’ve > replicated optical/ audio illusions, pareidolia, schizophrenia, > hallucinations, hypnotism, meditation (states of mind), epilepsy, > anaesthesia, NDE, and many more, all with in the same model. > > Firstly I read as much empirical information about the subject as > possible. Then formulate a theory of how those symptoms could arise and > manifest within my model. I then alter the models balances and test, repeat > until I get the desired results, making notes all the way. > > Within my model memory consolidation and consciousness are extremely > sensitive to the base frequencies of the Global Thought Pattern (GTP). The > high dimensional facets of memories are encoded/ indexed by the state of > the GTP performing the task at hand, consciousness manifests from the > harmonics within the GTP. > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJmdWfDTgLQ > > This shows a small section (1.2mm², 0.01%, 10K neurons, 200K synapse) of > cerebral cortex from my model, I use it for testing hypotheses and it > encompasses all the functionality of the full model. It’s learned 40K > memory engram's segmented into 80 pattern concepts along with a regular > base GTP rhythm. The graph (lower left) function is equivalent to real-time > colour coded Golgi staining, and shows the confidence the model has in > recognising the current pattern, shown by the scrolling bar. Notice the > actual pattern stream/ matrix on the upper right along with the injected > regular GTP rhythm just below. On the first pass it shows a very high > confidence in recognising the all patterns, both the episodic sequence > memories and the memories regarding the pattern structure are being > recalled/ accessed. On the second pass I change the base frequency of > just the GTP, notice how the memory retrieval/ recognition becomes > sporadic. On the third pass I cut the GTP and the confidence totally drops > even though the 80 patterns are still being injected. I then re-establish > the GTP and normal operation resumes. This shows how reliant/ sensitive the > system is to the state of the underlying base GTP frequencies. > > The slow onset of dementia hints at the second pass, it’s not like the > global GTP disruption caused by anaesthetic, so I don’t think it’s an > imbalance in the neurotransmitter levels/ medium. It must also be > affecting the well established networks with diminished plasticity; > otherwise the brain would just adapt to the disruptions and wouldn’t then > be able to exhibit the PL phenomena. > > So one cause of dementia could be an alteration of the base frequencies > within the GTP, and the PL phenomena could mean that whatever is causing > the phase change is related to a condition that rises or reduces/ > diminishes just before death. Allowing the GTP to phase back through its > normal frequency domain and thus allowing consciousness to temporarily > return. My current main candidate is intracranial pressure, as altering > the shape of the connectome can also have adverse effects on the phase of > the GTP, further pondering is required. > > My point being that… although there is no empirical data on how the human > brain functions it is still possible to gain insights and build a working > model through experimentation and cross reference, and although this is a > low resolution insight into the functioning of the brain it hints that so > far my schema is correct. > > Indeed, IMO this is the only way to do it, you have to work the problems. > Applying/ finding empirical scientific proof of every required step/ > concept would make the project impossible, especially to a lone researcher > with limited resources. > > :) > > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + delivery > options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T87761d322a3126b1-Mc7f73c8dd6fe8f857951d662> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T87761d322a3126b1-M9792aa54d50d385078621bee Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
