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Octopi =ave a reputation for extreme creativity, i.e. they can observe things =n their environment, simulate them
mentally in several ways, come up =ith a solution and then enact it.
Virus =ntelligence is an emergent thing, over many viruses. The individual =irus either succeeds or fails. A virus is like a
thought, not like a =ind.
Am =ar 6, 2017 um 5:50 PM schrieb Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>:
watch the octupus, find its prey, is it =reative.? is it intelligent? are virus =reatvie? finding new methods to
infect the host. = hackers
On Mon, =ar 6, 2017 at 6:47 PM, Joscha Bach <
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It seems that =uch of what we call intelligence could be described as detecting causal =tructure in a
domain. Causality means that you have a model that tells =ou how change of a condition will influence the distribution
of =utcomes. Of course, crabs do that too, to an extent.
When I was in Munich, a patent lawyer =hallenged me to come up with a definition of creativity from a
machine =earning perspective. He has to judge the originality of inventions, and =omething that a domain expert can
come up with "naturally"=does not count as an invention, even if it has never been done =efore.
Learning =ystems tend to move along gradients, and the "natural =olution" of the domain expert can be
seen as an extrapolation =f the solution space along the known gradients, until an optimum is =ound. Creativity seems
to involve crossing discontinuities in the =roblem space, i.e. do more than follow the gradients. It is not magic, =f course;
you can use evolutionary methods/Monte Carlo etc., but you rind that many domain experts are capable without being
=reative.
Can we measure the ability of different animals for =reativity?
Am Mar 6, 2017 um 3:23 PM schrieb jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>:
i see it as a complex =ystem agents are building many things. dependent on the =ocal
condition. some take off as useful in other parts of =he system, monkeys using tools? I think the =erm intelligence is
too vague.. a crab using a lure to catch its =rey. is a bio inspired =rosthetic.
it arguaabley evolved. =ut cant be sure.
On Mon, =ar 6, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Joscha Bach <
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So you don4k=99t think that practical intelligence is the ability to build arbitrary
=rosthetics?
I =gree that humans share an important similarity with cells, i.e. they =ave mechanisms
that suppress individual competition when it conflicts =oo much with group selection. Without such mechanisms, group
selection =ails, because within each group, defectors have a local =dvantage.
The =implest mechanism to enforce cooperation is reputation, but it works =nly when
others are looking, and manage to keep tallies. To do better =han that, evolution has to breed a virtual next level
regulator into =he individual, which may be your missing "top down for humans". = system of norms and taboos, for
instance a religion or ideology that =eople pick up from their environment.
Individuals can decide, but in social =ontexts, the utility of decisions is given by how well
we understand =he constraints under which we operate.
Am Mar 6, 2017 um 10:50 AM =chrieb Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com
<mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com»:
no, i disagree =nbsp;, the spaceship is only an advanced prostthetic.. .
=nbsp;not interesting at all.. interesting is we have no idea =hat the top down for humans is. . collective . group
=ehavior, I dont see any differnce between humans and =ells , just a different layer of the same. . =egulatory
systems. actions feedbacks and " learning " =nbsp; all with no goal . the goals are illusions.. that the =ndiv thinks
they decide. like the soldier ant that is =ecapitualted to a garbage ant if the garbage ants are wiped out. =nbsp;the
soldier ant thinks it made the decsion. . =nbsp;
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Joscha Bach <
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Exactly! Sensors like that are =ften one of these solution that get you 80% of the
way with 20% of the =ffort. Except that minds that take 15 years to train are o dramatically =ore expensive that almost
no species can afford them (but they end up =etting you to the moon, which no prosthesis can).
Am Mar =, 2017 um 7:08 AM schrieb Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>:
they=may have physical prothesitcs like cat whiskers. to =nable it to guage
widith of hole.
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Most animals don't =ave a self model, probably because they don't have
complex enough =rains or long enough training phases (childhoods) to do =eta-regulation.
> On Mar 5, 2017, at 16:48, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
> Law of large numbers is all that is needed
> On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 5:46 PM Joscha Bach <
wrote:
> From a cybernetics perspective, there is Ashby's "Good Regulator" =heorem,
which states that every regulator with enough degrees of =reedom will form a model of what it regulates. The Self is
perhaps at =ts core a model of our own internal attention regulation, which leads =o a protocol of what we attended to,
including acts of accessing that =rotocol itself.
> I am not sure how to relate that to game theory; you may be able to =et that
without evolutionary competition. However, game theory is =robably the way to explain how we evolve submission to
norms beyond =ndirect reciprocity.
> On Mar 5, 2017, at 12:12, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
wrote:
wrote:
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> i wonder in game theory what advantage it gives. =nbsp;.
> >
> On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Joscha Bach <
» absolutely. so are truth and meaning
> Am 05.03.2017 urn 11:52 schrieb jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>:
> » i is a mental construct that gives an evolutionary =dvantage ,
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> » On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Joscha Bach <-
> » I believe that I think, but am "I" the agent of =hinking?
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>>> On Mar 5, 2017, at 08:34, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >» I sugggest the expression really =hould be "I think, therefore I believe I
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