Intuitive vs. Logical
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Why artificial intelligence research has been working on the wrong problem. Slow down to learn from Monica Anderson.

My talk at Stanford University on May 17, 2014 at the Advancing Humanity Symposium – organized by Stanford Transhumanist Association.
I discuss Dual Process Theory, The Frame Problem, and some consequences of these for AI research.
Dual Process Theory is the idea that the human mind has two disparate modes of thinking - Subconscious Intuitive Understanding on one hand and Conscious Logical Reasoning on the other.
The Frame Problem is the idea that we cannot make comprehensive Models of the World because the world changes behind our backs and any Model we make is immediately obsolete.
The conclusion is that AI research since the 1950s has been solving the wrong problem.
I discuss Model Free Methods as an alternative path to AI, capable of sidestepping the Frame Problem.

https://vimeo.com/111967600

Fri, Jan 22, 2016  Permanent link
Categories: polytopia, inspired, science, holistic, worldview, learning, education
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Cancer purely man-made?

Cancer is a modern, man-made disease caused by environmental factors such as pollution and diet, a study by University of Manchester scientists has strongly suggested.

Quoting Professor Rosalie David, at the Faculty of Life Sciences, and Professor Michael Zimmerman, a visiting Professor at the KNH Centre, who is based at the Villanova University in the US.

Video narration 2:45. Text-to-voice courtesy of Xtranormal..




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A copy of the paper ‘Cancer: an old disease, a new disease or something in between?’ is available at http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v10/n10/full/nrc2914.html

Source text http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=6243

Thu, Oct 14, 2010  Permanent link
Categories: research, data, learning, analysis, science, health, prevention

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