tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5038575496362915977.post7066019278821870447..comments2023-04-02T13:55:23.241+03:00Comments on Artificial Mind - Interdisciplinary Research Institute<br><b>СВЕЩЕНИЯТ СМЕТАЧ</b>: Universal Artificial Intelligence (Artificial General Intelligence/AGI) - Course Program, Plovdiv University | Универсален Изкуствен Разум - ПрограмаTodor "Tosh" Arnaudov - Twenkidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04922120675725429792noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5038575496362915977.post-10061132871262377442023-03-25T18:00:27.515+02:002023-03-25T18:00:27.515+02:00Hi future visitors! :)
* The modern location of Bo...Hi future visitors! :)<br />* The modern location of Boris' "Cognitive Algorithm" project (CogAlg): https://github.com/boris-kz/CogAlg<br /><br />* A "SuperCogAlg" spinoff project of mine, reimplementing some of the basic processing stages in C++ (instead of Python) and adding some GUI (in 2019): https://github.com/Twenkid/SuperCogAlg<br /><br />* Some current AGI-related repositories for materials and the project "Vsy" or "Jack of All Trades" - an AGI infrastructure and playground, I'm looking for partners to join me:<br /><br />https://github.com/Twenkid/AGI<br />https://github.com/Twenkid/Vsy or:<br />https://github.com/Twenkid/Vsy-Jack-Of-All-Trades-AGI-Bulgarian-Internet-Archive-And-Search-Engine<br /><br />A book I'm working on: (currently/as of 25.3.2023 prepared in Bulgarian, an English version would be prepared as well):<br />"The Prophets of the Thinking Machines: Artificial General Intelligence and Transhumanism: History, Theory and Pioneers"<br />https://github.com/Twenkid/izkustven-razum-i-razvitie-na-choveka-kniga/<br /><br />"ПРОРОЦИТЕ НА МИСЛЕЩИТЕ МАШИНИ: ИЗКУСТВЕН РАЗУМ И РАЗВИТИЕ НА ЧОВЕКА: ИСТОРИЯ ТЕОРИЯ И ПИОНЕРИ"Todor "Tosh" Arnaudov - Twenkidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922120675725429792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5038575496362915977.post-83979658119908474372011-11-29T14:08:30.993+02:002011-11-29T14:08:30.993+02:00Check the course program of the following course i...Check the course program of the following course in AGI/SIGI (self-improving general intelligence):<br /><br /><a href="http://artificial-mind.blogspot.com/2011/03/mathematical-theory-of-intelligence.html" rel="nofollow">Mathematical Theory of Intelligence</a> - Second Course in AGI/UAI at Plovdiv University by Todor Arnaudov (Course Program in English), taught during the winter of 2011.Todor "Tosh" Arnaudov - Twenkidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922120675725429792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5038575496362915977.post-43413111223460167502011-11-29T13:59:26.331+02:002011-11-29T13:59:26.331+02:00Comments on the AGI email list of AGIRI:
John G. ...<b>Comments on the AGI email list of AGIRI:</b><br /><br /><b>John G. Rose </b>... via jeeves.archives.listbox.com to AGI<br />show details Nov 24 (5 days ago)<br /><br />Great course programs covering AGI summary/introduction, I like the selection of topics discussed. You might consider opening these up online via streaming/collaboration in the future…<br /> <br />John<br /><br />...<br /><br /><b>Ben Goertzel </b>... via jeeves.archives.listbox.com to AGI, AGI<br />show details Nov 28 (2 days ago)<br /><br />Tosh<br /><br />Looks like a great course you're offering!n<br /><br />FYI ... On your page you note that our 2009 AGI summer school didn't cover jeff Hawkins' work...<br /><br />I can't remember if any speaker mentioned hawkins, but, Allan combs gave some great lectures on neuroscience, which covered hierarchical processing in visual cortex among other topics ;)<br /><br />That AGI summer school presented a variety of perspectives, it wasn't just about open cog and my own views ... But it wasn't heavy on perception-centered AGI...<br /><br />Ben <br /><br /><b>... ... ...<br />... ... ...</b><br /><br /><b> Todor Arnaudov's answers:</b><br /><br />Thanks, John. <br /><br />There are materials from the course online (on the blog and on the site); most of the lecture slides and details are only in Bulgarian yet, though. As of collaboration - maybe, as long as I manage to create a team, for the moment I prefer keeping the authorship for myself.<br /><br />...<br /><br /><b>Thanks Ben!</b><br /><br />And thanks for the notes. :)<br /><br />Ben>That AGI summer school presented a variety of perspectives, it wasn't just about open cog and <br />Ben>my own views ... But it wasn't heavy on perception-centered AGI...<br /><br />All I knew about the summer school was from the brief web page on your site:<br />http://www.goertzel.org/AGI_Summer_School_2009.htm<br /><br />Hawkins wasn't mentioned in the program, and it sounded reasonable not to be, as he seemed from a distant "school of thought" compared to the lecturers' ones - as far as I knew or assumed theirs.<br /><br />Ben>I can't remember if any speaker mentioned hawkins, but, Allan combs gave some great lectures on <br />Ben>neuroscience, which covered hierarchical processing in visual cortex among other topics ;)<br /><br />That's nice (I've noticed neuroscience in the program), but anyway I think HTM and the other sensorimotor topics are more general - memory-prediction framework and the other similar models are supposed/aiming to explain virtually all kinds of cognitive processes with an integral paradigm, and vision is just an example/case. In a POV of schools, there's a distinction whether it's suggested that vision is an example of a general framework, or it's one of the sub-architectures/sub-frameworks for an AGI.Todor "Tosh" Arnaudov - Twenkidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922120675725429792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5038575496362915977.post-17017937495494315122010-04-10T04:22:53.082+03:002010-04-10T04:22:53.082+03:00Hate to repeat myself, but:
- methodology is not s...Hate to repeat myself, but:<br />- methodology is not separable from content,<br />- the best simulation is in your own mind,<br />- the best "cognitive accellerator" is collaboration, if you can get it, & block on distractions if you can't.Boris Kazachenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04025561850220554347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5038575496362915977.post-26327334365372208032010-04-09T19:36:02.981+03:002010-04-09T19:36:02.981+03:00You're welcome! :)
OK, corrected!
BTW, I agr...You're welcome! :)<br /><br />OK, corrected!<br /><br />BTW, I agree about funding - it can't fix mistakes in methodology on its own.<br /><br />I believe that simulations and tests of draft versions of the theories would be helpful on the road to completion, though, and it wouldn't be that expensive as is to design a new CPU or a supercomputer, where they spend $ hundreds of millions or more. <br /><br />Also development of tools for speeding up idea generation/reading/writing/editing - "augmented intelligence/cognitive accelerators" would be helpful, I believe.<br /><br /><br />Thanks and Best Regards,<br />TodorTodor "Tosh" Arnaudov - Twenkidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922120675725429792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5038575496362915977.post-31059782809618716852010-04-09T09:42:56.439+03:002010-04-09T09:42:56.439+03:00Thanks for covering me Todor!
A minor correction ...Thanks for covering me Todor!<br /><br />A minor correction on "my" meta-evolution: "adaptive core" sounds misleading. By a "core" I mean what's conserved in a system, adaptive is its environmental interface. I used "adaptive" core to mean a core that defines adaptive interface, but is not adaptive itself. I'd describe meta-evolution as "Abstraction of a conserved core from its environment, via mediation of impacts & responses by increasingly differentiated adaptive interface hierarchy".<br />Also, I added this to my "Intelligence" knol:<br /><br />A prize for ideas:<br /><br />Lots of people think that a major problem with AI is the lack of funding. I disagree, Einstein didn't need to be paid to work on his theory of relativity. Lots more think that AI is an engineering or mathematical problem. I think that's a "man with a hammer" syndrome. AI is the most theoretical problem ever, - cognitive algorithm is a meta-theory, more abstract than anything yet discovered.<br /><br />Anyway, I've been working on this theory most of my life, without funding or collaboration. Along the way, I managed to make a few bucks on my investments & want to put the money to a good use.<br />If you generally agree with my approach & think you can contribute, here's an incentive: <br />I offer prizes from $100 to $100,000 for ideas that correct or further develop the principles explained above. $100 could be a "consolation prize" for ideas that I already discovered but did not publish, or that are largely cosmetic in nature. $100,000 would be for a major advance, - I can only afford a few of those. A winner will have an option to convert his prize into an interest in all commercial applications of a final algorithm, at the rate of $10,000 per 1% share (this would be an informal commitment, -there're no specific plans for products or incorporation).<br /><br />Again, I don't believe money can work as a primary motivation, but it has a way of attracting attention. You can post feedback here or e-mail me at boris(.)k(at)verizon(.)net. It might lead to collaboration, stranger things happened. <br /><br />Good luck with your course!<br />Boris.Boris Kazachenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04025561850220554347noreply@blogger.com