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From: Ben Goertzel To: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@grnail.com> Subject: Re: timing for meet-up in November ... Re: Visiting in November Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:33:27 +0000 How's the 10th looking now? Actually any time this upcoming week is do-able, but the 10th would be best if possible.... I fly back to HK next weekend... fin ben On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 4:04 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > maybe the 10th, i will not be back before the 8th > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:55 AM, Ben Goertzel wrote: » Hi, >> Sony to be a nag, but do you know if you're available Nov 6 at this » point? » thx ;) >> ben >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:43 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation®gmail.com> wrote: >> > cant be sure yet »> >> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:40 AM, Ben Goertzel <a wrote: »» »» »» Hi, »» »» I'm firming up my travel plans; does Nov 6 in NYC still look good for »» us »» to meet? »» »» Looking forward to it -- lots to report & discuss! »» »» thx ;) »» ben »» »» »» On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 5:59 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> »» wrote: »»> >> >>> 6th looks good at the moment »»> >> >>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:10 AM, Ben Goertzel -Mila> wrote: EFTA00626226 »>>» »>>» »»» Hi Jeffrey, »>>» »»» It looks like I'll be at MIT Nov 7-9, and then on the US East Coast »»» (details to be figured out) from Nov 10-17 .... Will sometime in »»» the »»» interval Nov 10-17 work for us to meet up? »>>» »»» If not I could possibly do Nov 5 or 6 or so, before the BICA >> >>>> conference »»» at MIT ... but I'd want to know soon so I can buy plane tickets HK-US »»» accordingly... »>>» >> >>>> Or if this is too far in advance for you to plan a meeting, I can »»» just >> >>>> come and then hope to schedule something with you at the last minute » >>» ;) »>>» »»» There is loads of interesting stuff to discuss!! »>>» »»» Thanks a lot, »»» Ben »>>» >> >>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Ben Goertzel <Mila> >> >>» wrote: »»»> »»»> >> >>>>> Great! »»»> >> >>>>> Do you want to arrange the particular date now, or should I ping you >> >>>>> about it in a couple weeks? »»»> >> >>>>> I will probably need to buy plane tickets for the trip around Oct 1, >> >>>>> and it would be good to incorporate knowledge of the date of our >> >>>» meeting to >> >>>» trip planning... »»»> >> >>>» Thanks a lot, >> >>>» Ben »»»> »»»> >> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:47 PM, jeffrey E. cleevacation®gmail.com> >> >>>» wrote: » >>>>» >> >>>>» yes look forward to it » >>>>» >> >>>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Ben Goertzel >> >>>>» wrote: » >>>>>» » >>>>>» »>>>>>» Hi Jeffrey, » >>>>>» >> >>>>>>> I hope you've been well ! EFTA00626227 » >>>>>» >> >>>>>>> I'll be in the US in early November for the BICA conference at MIT »>>>»» (Nov 7-9; I guess Joscha will attend as well)... and probably stay »>>>»» in the US >> >>>>>» for a little bit after that... » >>>>>» >> >>>>>>> I wonder if we could meet up at some point during my US visit -- >> >>>>>>> either in Boston if you'll be there around that time, or in New »>>>>>» York, or >> >>>>>>> anywhere else that you prefer... » >>>>>» >> >>>>>>> It would be good to show you some of the stuff we've been up to »>>>>>» with >> >>>>>>> OpenCog, if you can spare a couple hours. Lots going on ;) >> >>>>>» (due to the >> >>>>>>> efforts of the team in Hong Kong, plus some of the guys in »>>>>>» Ethiopia...) ... >> >>>>>>> our NLP/reasoning work is advancing quite a bit, as well as some »>>>>>>> video game >> >>>>>>> world and robotics stuff... » >>>>>» >> >>>>>» As an aside, our AI hedge fund project looks like it's going to go >> >>>>>>> forward and we'll probably start trading early next year. We had »>>>>>» been >> >>>>>>> struggling with HK equity data, but shifting to US equities and »>>>»» global >> >>>>>>> futures (in the last couple months) has given us much nicer »>>>>>» historical >> >>>>>>> prediction accuracies (largely due to the lower transaction costs >> >>>>>>> on these >> >>>>>>> markets). Next step is to run backtests on these other markets, »>>>>>» and then >> >>>>>>> try it all on data from 2012-2014, which we have held out as »>>>»» "virgin data" >> >>>>>» for last-ditch testing... and then if that works, trade real »>>>>>» money.... I >> >>>>>>> have been splitting my time between OpenCog and the trading »>>>»» project and am >> >>>>>>> sick to death of quantitative finance and eager to shift more time » >>>>>» to >> >>>>>>> OpenCog; but I would rather ramp down my time on the finance »>>>»» project on a >> >>>>>>> successful note (i.e. after getting a tradable system working), »>>>>>» and at the >> >>>>>» moment it seems to be going in that direction... » >>>>>» »>>>>>» Thanks, »>>>>>» Ben » >>>>>» » >>>>>» -- >> >>>>>» Ben Goertzel, PhD »>>>>>» http://goertzel.org » >>>>>» »>>>»» "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- EFTA00626228 »>>>>>» Capt. >> >>>>>» James T. Kirk » >>>>>» >> >>>>>>> "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can >> >>>>>>> free our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley » >>>>» » >>>>» » >>>>» » >>>>» » >>>>» -- »>>>>>> please note >> >>>>>> The information contained in this communication is >> >>>>>> confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >> >>>>>> constitute inside information, and is intended only for >> >>>>» the use of the addressee. It is the property of » >>>>» JEE >> >>>>>> Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this >> >>>>>> communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited >> >>>>>> and may be unlawful. If you have received this >> >>>>>> communication in error, please notify us immediately by >> >>>>>> return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and >> >>>>>> destroy this communication and all copies thereof, >> >>>>>> including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved »»»> »»»> »»»> »»»> » >>>» -- >> >>>» Ben Goertzel, PhD »>>>» http://goertzel.org »»»> »>»» "In an insane world, the sane man must appear to be insane". -- » >>>» Capt. >> >>>» James T. Kirk »»»> »>»» "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can » >>>» free >>>>>>> our minds" -- Robert Nesta Marley »>>» »>>» »>>» »>>» » >>» -- »»» Ben Goertzel, PhD »»» http://goertzel.org »>>» » >>>> "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one >> >>>> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all » >>>> progress » >>>> depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw »»> »»> »»> »»> EFTA00626229 » >» -- »>» please note >> >>> The information contained in this communication is >> >>> confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >> >>> constitute inside information, and is intended only for »>» the use of the addressee. It is the property of >> >» JEE >> >>> Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this >> >>> communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited »>>> and may be unlawful. If you have received this >> >>> communication in error, please notify us immediately by >> >>> return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and >> >» destroy this communication and all copies thereof, >> >>> including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved »» »» »» »» »»-- »» Ben Goertzel, PhD »» http://goertzel.org »» »» "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one »» persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all »» progress »» depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw »> »> »> »> » > -- >» please note >> > The information contained in this communication is >> > confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >> > constitute inside information, and is intended only for >> > the use of the addressee. It is the property of >» JEE >> > Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this >> > communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited >> > and may be unlawful. If you have received this >> > communication in error, please notify us immediately by >> > return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and >> > destroy this communication and all copies thereof, >> > including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved » -- » Ben Goertzel, PhD » http://goertzel.org >> "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one >> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all >> progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw EFTA00626230 > -- > please note > The information contained in this communication is > confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may > constitute inside information, and is intended only for > the use of the addressee. It is the property of > JEE > Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this > communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited > and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately by > return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and > destroy this communication and all copies thereof, > including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw EFTA00626231