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The 2008 Midwest NKS Conference: What is computation? How does nature compute?

Hector Zenil — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:21:08 +0000

2008 Midwest NKS Conference: Call for Papers and/or Participation GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS What is computation? (How) does nature compute? 2008 Midwest NKS Conference Fri Oct 31 - Sun Nov 2, 2008 Indiana University — Bloomington, IN http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~dgerman/2008midwestNKSconference/ In 1964, in one of the six Messenger lectures he delivered at Cornell University (later published as a book “The [...]

Misguiding research on Artificial Intelligence.

Hector Zenil — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:40:01 +0000

AthensOriginally uploaded by hzenilc. The field of strong AI, sometimes referred to as artificial general intelligence or AGI, is defined as intelligence that is capable of the same intellectual functions as a human being, including self-awareness and consciousness, I will call the assumed object of study of AGI just agi in lowercases, not only to avoid [...]

The Game of Life: A notable discovery, not an invention

Hector Zenil — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:26:19 +0000

John Conway giving a talk on knots Originally uploaded by hzenilc. It is well known that cellular automata (CA) can evolve in a few specific types of behavior, one of which is precisely the type discovered by John Conway in his Game of Life. I happen to think it is something of a misnomer to speak of [...]

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Hector Zenil — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:04:57 +0000

Victim of the brain

Hector Zenil — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:41:04 +0000

Documentary/Drama on Douglas Hofstadter’s “The Mind’s I” featuring Daniel Dennett and Marvin Minsky. It was created in 1988 by Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos. Originally acquired from the Center for Research in Concepts and Cognition at Indiana University. Uploaded with permission from Douglas Hofstadter by Virgil GRiffith. - The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self & [...]