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From: Noam Chomsky Sent: Monde Se tember 28, 2015 6:15 PM To: Cc: Lawrence Krauss; Jeffrey E.; Subject: RE: the dialogue We're really eager to work it out. Let's fix up details as the time approaches, and keep in touch. About the publication too. Noam From: Lawrence Krauss [mailt Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 10:39 PM To: Noam Chomsky Cc: Lawrence Kraus ; Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com Subject: Re: the dialogue Come for the fun no matter what. We will cover everything and make sure you both enjoy. Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, <x-apple-data-detectors://1/1> Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 <x-apple-data- detectors://1/1> Research Offic Origins Office (C EFTA_R1_01323295 EFTA02348847 Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Noam Chomsky <a wrote: Should be a most interesting event. Don't know exactly what we'll be doing. I don't think I can be a participant. Hope we'll manage to attend, at least the public debate. Noam From: Lawrence Krauss [mailto Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 2:43 PM To: Noam Chomskf Cc: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> ti jec : • e: e . is ogue • Hi.. here is some info from the invite letter which came from Mark Mattson, Chief of Neurosciences at Johns Hopkins, who is one of the organizers, along with Eric Horvitz, from Microsoft.. : "The Origins of Pattern Processing workshop will explore the evolutionary, neurobiological and societal foundations of advanced visual and auditory pattern processing. This will involve short presentations and extended discussions by experts from disciplines ranging from neuroscience and evolutionary biology, to psychiatry and artificial intelligence. Specific topics include 1) the evolution and adaptive value of pattern processing capabilities; 2) how nerve cell circuits that process patterns are formed during brain development and modified by experience; 3) the neurobiological underpinnings of advanced pattern processing capabilities such as map-making, language, art and mental time travel; 4) the mental fabrication of non-existent entities such as gods and ghosts to explain poorly understood natural events; 5) aberrant pattern processing in psychiatric disorders and in potential artificial intelligence; 6) designing computers and robots to mimic or complement the superior pattern processing capabilities of the human brain; and 7) the implications of a better understanding of the brain's pattern processing mechanisms for the future of computing and the future of our species. " There will be a public great debate event also, called. Creativity to Madness: Mental Processing in Human and Machine Brains You are welcome to attend and be a participant in both, either etc.. Here was the initial invite list.. it has changed since this one was sent out but it gives you an idea of the breadth of participants.... some of these people can't come, some other names added.. Most have accepted, including Christoph Koch.. we are probably adding some machine intelligence people.. 2 EFTA_R1_01323296 EFTA02348848 On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Noam Chomsky wrote: We'll be in Tucson, visiting the linguistics department, mainly. Most interested to hear about the conference. Hope we can work something out. Noam From: Lawrence Krauss I Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 10:56 PM To: Noam Chomsky c Cc: Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: the dialogue absolutely. Great.. hope it is vacation at the same place! We are going to have an Origins workshop on Origins of Mental Pattern Processing: Lessons from the Brain with an interesting group of neuroscientists, and machine intelligence types.. followed by a great debate on Creativity to Madness: Mental Processing in Human and Machine Brains. If you two would like to come up for the weekend and sit in and enjoy the resort and spend some down time with me, I would really enjoy that, and we would cover all the expenses... if the timing works out. We could even give you an honorarium if you wanted to spend more than a few days here relaxing and writing. Anyway the event is March 11-13.. In any case, perhaps I will see you back east before then. Thanks for reaching out. Lawrence 3 EFTA_R1_01323297 EFTA02348849 Subject: Re: the dialogue On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Noam Chomsk wrote: If nothing before, we're expecting to be in Tucson in March. So then, I hope. From: Lawrence Krau Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:21 PM To: Noam Chomsky jeevacation@gmail.com»; Me too. Was in Boston for only 3 hours on the 15th. Hopefully longer in Boston or NYC soon. Or back in Arizona in the winter! :) Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287.1404 <image001.png> Sent from my iPhone 4 EFTA_R1_01323298 EFTA02348850 On Sep 22, 2015, at 7:08 PM, Noam Chomsky < wrote: again. Sounds good. Look forward to seeing the outcome. And I hope we can all get together From: Lawrence Krauss Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 5:00 PM To: Noam Chomsky Cc: Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com> u eject. t e • Hi Noam: alogue we are working on editing the transcript of the dialogue and it should be done in a week or two.. It seems to be coming along well.. it comes in at around 20,000 words.. anyway, am convinced it could be the basis of an interesting volume, supplemented by an intro, afterword, and maybe one or two other things.. Hope all is well. Jeffrey told me about your interesting meeting the other day.. wish I could have been there to listen. Lawrence Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 5 EFTA_R1_01323299 EFTA02348851 <http://twitter.comilkrau cimage001.png> Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 krauss.facu <image001.png> Lawrence M. Krauss Foundation Professor Director, The ASU Origins Project Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 6 EFTA_R1_01323300 EFTA02348852 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences School of Earth and Space Exploration PO Box 871404 I Tempe AZ 85287-1404 7 EFTA_R1_01323301 EFTA02348853