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From:
jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Sent:
Monday, July 11, 2016 1:40 AM
To:
Ben Goertzel
Subject:
Re: quick question -- AGI-16 snacks and reception sponsorship?
looking for AI and music. . a melody is a str=nge object, it is an inter as well as intra relation with notes and =ime. .
there are inherent harmonies. and dissonance.. = what i wrote to chonsky this moring
today I conducted an experiment encouraged by Noam&=39;s wholly justified aggressive and detailed directives to
jos=ha.. joshcha focused on layers being develope= in the brain . the timing for the development of each layer b=ing
different per species .
I postulate that music m=ght be a frosted window into that structure. =symphonies begin with their first " layer " a
theme. =in fact, there might be more than one theme in the first layer ,=C2 , the second part of symphonic form is the
complex devel=pment stage. where those themes are inverted, deco=structed , reconstructed etc ,and the
development stage takes the m=st time . in the conclusion of the symphonic=form the recapitulation of all that has
come before it forms a=" phenenoma of the piece " a whole ,made up of =ts smaller concepts . As opposed to
listening to music t= record which neuron is firing, as most musciolgists attem=t
I propose that the music may be the
audible result of tho=e neurons firing, made possible by a select few who would attempt to=C2 notate those neuronal
firings. Beethoven for=example.
The experiment . I mashed al= of the four symphonies together , playing record=ngs of the 3rd 5th 6th 7th all
overlayed =A0on each other, playing at the same time. - the way a brain m=ght develop. I expected an ordered noise
but to the surprising=contrary ,
IT WAS AMAZING. . yo= can hear new "concepts " forming, =C2
it wonder whether =n the mind of a blind child , the " music" would be create= even without the visual referencial. but
created none th= less. later when the visual can be tied to concep=s , the anatomy may be hijacked to produce sounds
. that somehow rel=te to the concepts. .
I tried to mix music from diffe=ent cultures- it didn't work. African does not work =ith western europe,- chinese works
with nei=her of the other two. but within the same cultural music=( the brain of the local species ) the mash ups are
beau=iful.
= would note that computers engage in "parallel processing" only=C2 in order to take a hard problem and break it into
its componen= parts , working on each component separately,
here each pro=lem Interacts and the their resolutions
interact in remarkable=ways.
<=div>
On Sun= Jul 10, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Ben Goertzel €
=>
wr=te:
(i.e. being a "fiscal sponsor&q=ot; for the HLAI/AGI conference is within
Humanity+'s mandate as a 501(c)3, so there's no problem here...)
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On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Ben Goertzel
> wrote:
> We can route the donation through Humanity+, which is a 501(c)3
as=br> we have done with some of your
previous donations for my research... >
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 9:33 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeev=cation@gmail.com»
wrote:
» is it a 501 c 3
» On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Ben Goertzel <
>»
>» Hey there,
>»
>» Hope you're well...
>»
>» I'll send you another email about connecting this summer w=ile I'm in
>» the US if you'll be around...
>»
>» This email pertains to the AGI-16 / Human-Level Al conference =hich
>» occurs upcoming week in New York (July 16-19).... at the=New School.
>»
>» We are doing the last-minute nitty-gritty conference planning =nd find
>» ourselves short on cash for snacks and for drinks at the confe=ence
>» reception / poster-session ... (the New School venue proved mo=e
>» costly than planned... we chose New School as an old college f=iend of
>» mine is a prof and administrator there...)
>»
>» So I'm wondering if you might be willing to do a US$3000 s=onsorship
>» (we have two other sponsors at the US$3000 level: Vicarious Sy=tems,
>» and Demiurge Technologies).... (We don't actua=ly need the $$ wired
>» immediately, a commitment is enough)...
>»
>» We can then serve everyone "drinks and snacks courtesy of=Jeffrey
>» Epstein Foundation", or whatever foundation name you pref=r (or just
>» keep it quiet if you prefer)
>»
>» This is not insanely critical, but it would be a help... I bel=eve
>» these conferences are still quite valuable in terms of keeping=free
>» and open dialogue about AGI going in the research community, a=
>» opposed to having AGI work entirely sucked into the proprietar= halls
>» of big companies...
>»
>» thanks
>» Ben
>»
>»
>» --
>» Ben Goertzel, PhD
>» http://goertzel.org
>»
>» Super-benevolent super-intelligence is the thought the Global =rain is
>» currently struggling to form...
>>
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> Super-benevolent super-intelligence is the thought the Global Brain is=br> currently struggling to form...
Ben Goertzel, PhD
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currently struggling to form...
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