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Joscha Bach on a nature of truth...

109 — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:44:55 GMT

...and other interesting things.

Хоффмана можно прокручивать, он чушь какую-то несёт. Но Йоша меня опять приятно удивил.

вот тут Йоша [ещё раз] объясняет, что такое свобода воли

109 — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:48:23 GMT

egovoru на заметку

https://youtu.be/rK7ux_JhHM4?t=10206

Joscha Bach on consciousness

109 — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:16:55 GMT

Update: вот тут, https://youtu.be/rK7ux_JhHM4?t=8133, Joscha говорит примерно то же, что и я в диалоге с egovoru про то, что такое сознание (https://egovoru.livejournal.com/181738.html?thread=16090346#t16090346)

Yann LeCun

109 — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 07:29:46 GMT

Хм, только я хотел перестать смотреть (что с Лексом редко бывает), как ЛеКун стал говорить интересные вещи про сознание. Рекомендую смотреть с отметки примерно 1:18 (это час, а не минута)

С Новым Годом!

109 — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 01:35:44 GMT

Давно не писал сюда - но читаю регулярно! Всех с наступающим, а для кого-то уже наступившим, и да будет 2022 ещё лучше, чем 2021!

Виды Гибралтара

109 — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 01:07:53 GMT

Full album

monoidal

109 — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:35:47 GMT

Investigating scalaz, I get this feeling that many things in functional programming rely on implicit assumption of 1:1 correspondence between type and a monoid built from this type. As soon as we want multiple monoids over the same type (say, "and" and "or" for boolean), things get way more complicated and therefore lose their appeal.

David Chalmers and Daniel C. Dennett: "Is Superintelligence Impossible?"

109 — Thu, 30 May 2019 06:35:30 GMT

Oolong tea

109 — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:39:39 GMT

На обратном пути с Филиппин у меня немного болел живот, и мне захотелось крепкого чаю с сахаром. А стюардесса разносила без сахара. И когда я попросил сахар, стюардесса посмотрела на меня взглядом, в котором недвусмысленно читалось "This is oolong tea, motherfucker. Just try and tell me if you want sugar with that, I fucking dare you". Но, будучи хорошо воспитанной стюардессой, вслух она сказала только "This is oolong tea. Please try it and let me know if you want sugar". Разумеется, я сдался и сказал, что сахара не нужно.

policy update

109 — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:01:02 GMT

забанил kouzdra, зато разбанил пяток других юзеров, которые, как оказалось, были у меня забанены. что делать, когда куздра пытается со мной завести дискуссию в чужих журналах, пока непонятно. фейсбучная имплементация бана более продумана, пожалуй.

отгадайте, про какой это город

109 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 04:49:23 GMT

...некрасивые дикие дома под железными крышами, много стен и мало окон, грязные промежутки между домами, заваленные отбросами и трупами домашних животных, большой ров вокруг города и подъемные мосты…

((Int => Int) => Int) => (Int => (Int => Int))

109 — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:55:10 GMT

почему-то в скале (Int => Int) => Int - не то же самое, что Int => (Int => Int). теперь мне как-то надо одно превращать в другое. получается, я должен написать метод с сигнатурой ((Int => Int) => Int) => (Int => (Int => Int))?

Update: о, сцуко, там ещё (Int, Int) => Int есть. ну и язычочек!

The End of Spacetime

109 — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 10:25:18 GMT

Великолепный Nima Arkani-Hamed

EOS.IO

109 — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 07:41:28 GMT

This actually looks like real deal:

https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/blob/master/TechnicalWhitePaper.md

What game theory teaches us about war

109 — Sun, 06 May 2018 20:11:13 GMT

Simon Sinek

Youtube recommended video

109 — Thu, 03 May 2018 18:34:41 GMT

So, youtube recommended me to see this. I don't know why or how they came up with this recommendation, but I couldn't stop watching once started :)

How Kevin Smith Stayed Calm During A Heart Attack

109 — Wed, 02 May 2018 19:26:41 GMT

Russia Not Today

109 — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 20:58:04 GMT

№71 сегодня особенно удался

U.S. government checks don’t bounce

109 — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 08:57:35 GMT

So I began my talk about how U.S. government checks don’t bounce, and after a few minutes, David’s hand shot up with the statement familiar to all modestly-advanced economic students: “If the interest rate on the debt is higher than the rate of growth of GDP, then the government’s debt is unsustainable.” This wasn’t even presented as a question, but stated as a fact. I then replied, “I’m an operations type of guy, David, so tell me, what do you mean by the word ‘unsustainable’? Do you mean that if the interest rate is very high, and that in 20 years from now the government debt has grown to a large- enough number, the government won’t be able to make its interest payments? And if it then writes a check to a pensioner, that that check will bounce?” David got very quiet, deep in thought, thinking it through. “You know, when I came here, I didn’t think I’d have to think through how the Reserve Bank’s check-clearing works,” he stated, in an attempt at humor. But no one in the room laughed or made a sound. They were totally focused on what his answer might be. It was a “showdown” on this issue. David finally said, “No, we’ll clear the check, but it will cause inflation and the currency will go down. That’s what people mean by unsustainable.” There was dead silence in the room. The long debate was over. Solvency is not an issue, even for a small, open economy. Bill and I instantly commanded an elevated level of respect, which took the usual outward form of “well of course, we always said that” from the former doubters and skeptics. I continued with David, “Well, I think most pensioners are concerned about whether the funds will be there when they retire, and whether the Australian government will be able to pay them.” To which David replied, “No, I think they are worried about inflation and the level of the Australian dollar.” Then Professor Martin Watts, head of the Economics Department at the University of Newcastle inserted, “The Hell they are, David!” At that, David very thoughtfully conceded, “Yes, I suppose you’re right.”

https://3drepw14r81maeu421dqauozkd-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/7DIF-of-Money-Full.pdf

The best Jordan Peterson's talk I've seen so far

109 — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:38:57 GMT

Joscha Bach

109 — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:16:45 GMT

Delightful as always

https://youtu.be/xqetKitv1Ko

Dan Lyons

109 — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 18:45:36 GMT

чувак интересно рассказывает:

Joscha Bach

109 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 06:55:00 GMT

This is hilarious!

State of the Art

109 — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:55:23 GMT

The trophy doesn't fit into the brown suitcase because it's too [small/large]. What is too [small/large]?
Answers:The suitcase/the trophy.

Joan made sure to thank Susan for all the help she had [given/received]. Who had [given/received] help?
Answers: Susan/Joan.

Paul tried to call George on the phone, but he wasn't [successful/available]. Who was not [successful/available]?
Answers: Paul/George.

The lawyer asked the witness a question, but he was reluctant to [answer/repeat] it. Who was reluctant to [answer/repeat] the question?
Answers: The witness/the lawyer.

The delivery truck zoomed by the school bus because it was going so [fast/slow]. What was going so [fast/slow]?
Answers: The truck/the bus.

Frank felt [vindicated/crushed] when his longtime rival Bill revealed that he was the winner of the competition. Who was the winner of the competition?
Answers: Frank/Bill.

The man couldn't lift his son because he was so [weak/heavy]. Who was [weak/heavy]?
Answers: The man/the son.

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These types of questions are known as Winorgad schemas. Current AI success rate is barely above 50%, almost random guess. Adult human can easily get 100%. 8 years old can probably get 90% or so.

It is much harder for AI than Turing test. Effectively, it is better replacement of it. (What is the replacement for what? :)

More Winograd schemas here: http://www.cs.nyu.edu/faculty/davise/papers/WinogradSchemas/WSCollection.html

Jürgen Schmidhuber: "And then our galaxy will go dark".

109 — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 08:24:56 GMT

Fascinating. First 11 minutes are rather boring, talking about LSTMs and stuff. At 11:00 all hell breaks loose when Jürgen starts making predictions about the future (mild spoiler: it ends with "and then our galaxy will go dark").