Dr. King’s Warnings Seem More Prescient Than Ever
https://otherwords.org/dr-kings-warnings-seem-more-prescient-than-ever

King called for an aggressive federal effort to reverse racial inequality. Instead, we’re getting one to entrench it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Vietnam:_A_Time_to_Break_Silence
* anti–Vietnam War, pro–social justice speech

#SundayMorningRead 🇺🇲 Trump insists only check on his power is himself: NYT interview with deranged monster
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/115877704673841807

#SundayMorningRead 🇺🇲 Trump insists only check on his power is himself: NYT interview with deranged monster
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/115862672068934657

I suggest everyone regardless of nationality read that interview

How did we get here? Thank:

Republican Party; Democratic Party; Trump voters; sycophants

Leonard Leo; Roberts U.S. Supreme Court
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114116538936742746
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114308551822875742

Erosion of normative behavior
Money, Lies & God
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113437776461706493
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Sunday Morning Reading

Steering clear of politics (mostly) here's some Sunday Morning Reading to share.
with writing from @davidtoddmccarty @NatashaMH @Daojoan and more.

#AI #SundayMorningRead #culture #politics

http://warnercrocker.com/2024/06/30/sunday-morning-reading-57/

#SundayMorningRead
Can Information Escape a Black Hole?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/can-information-escape-a-black-hole-20240411

Black holes are inescapable traps for most of what falls into them — but there can be exceptions. The theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind speaks with co-host Janna Levin about the black hole information paradox and how it has propelled modern physics.

#BlackHole #physics #QuantumInformation #InformationTheory #Hawking #Susskind #HolographicPrinciple #QuantumMechanics

#SundayMorningRead

Conscious AI Is the Second-Scariest Kind
A cutting-edge theory of mind suggests a new type of doomsday scenario
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/03/ai-consciousness-science-fiction/677659/

#consciousness #AI #LLM #KarlFriston #TheoryOfMind #entropy #FreeEnergyPrinciple #FreeEnergyMinimization #surprisal #IIT

Sunday Morning Reading

Winter is bearing down on big portions of the U.S. Some places are already digging out. I’m in one of the former portions (Memphis) that doesn’t handle it well. So today, Sunday Morning Reading will contain less links than usual. We’re rushing to get things accomplished before folks anticipate a rough time (or a snow day) in this old southern town.

Featuring writing from @siracusa @NatashaMH @davidtoddmccarty and more.

#SundayMorningRead
http://warnercrocker.com/2024/01/14/sunday-morning-reading-34/

#SundayMorningRead

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Plot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull#Plot

* 1st read as child
* novella, ~35' read
*pdf: https://www.crisrieder.org/thejourney/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Jonathan-Livingston-Seagull.pdf
* allegorical fable: seagull learning about flying

Concepts:
* pursuit of excellence
* personal growth
* self-identity
* personal reflection
* self-realization

#birds #dogmatism #egalitarianism #epistemology #excellence #fables #freedom #metaphsics #novel #ostracism #philosophy #religion #RichardBach #SelfHelp #spirituality #truth #aeronautics

#SundayMorningRead

Complexity Theory’s 50-Year Journey to the Limits of Knowledge
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37171553

* 35' read; well written, covers origins/evolution of complexity theory
* complex but layperson readable
* integral to cryptography, programming (computational complexity) ...

Complexity theory [disambiguation]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity_theory

#mathematics #logic #complexity #metacomplexity #ClaudeShannon #KurtGödel #ComputationalComplexity #TSP #P_vs_NP #GraphTheory #Boolean #MCSP

#SundayMorningRead

* this morning [2023-08-06] I carefully read the podcast transcript mentioned 2023-08-03: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110828954046800308
* important document for several reasons - most notably 1st-person account of far-right fundamentalist Baptist movements, and their extremist views on LGBT communities

I collated/reposted that information here, adding links where appropriate:

https://persagen.com/docs/sure_foundation_baptist_church.html

#Baptist #lgbt #homophobia #transphobia #ChristianRight #SureFoundationBaptistChurch #HateGroups

#SundayMorningRead

* Single-page: https://persagen.com/docs/deep_learning-rdb.html

This morning I reread a very interesting blog post:

[Gustav Šír, 2022-11-29] Towards Deep Learning for Relational Databases.
Generalizing deep learning architectures for natural integration with principles and practice of relational databases.
https://towardsdatascience.com/towards-deep-learning-for-relational-databases-de9adce5bb00
@towardsdatascience

Discussion of the intersection of:

* relational databases
* knowledge graphs
* graph neural networks
* inductive logic programming
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#SundayMorningRead

Broad long-term societal implications / public health concerns re: COVID-19 / long COVID 🤔 😯 😨

Why long COVID could be a ticking time bomb for public health
Long COVID isn't novel: Other viruses in history have had similar "long" arcs - with devastating repercussions

Great article by Philip Finkelstein | https://philipfinkelstein.com/general
Cites leading peer-reviewed, primary research (Nature Communications; Mayo Clinic; ...)
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#SundayMorningRead

What Is the Nature of Consciousness?
Consciousness is one of the mind’s greatest mysteries, but as the neuroscientist Anil Seth explains to Steven Strogatz, research is making progress in understanding this elusive phenomenon.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-nature-of-consciousness-20230531/

@anilkseth

An interesting interview, ~35 minute careful read.

The section starting at 19:44 (see also 34:00) is relevant to machine learning (in fact, the basis of neural network training).
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Critique of some recent philosophy of LLMs’ minds
https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/ejEgaYSaefCevapPa/critique-of-some-recent-philosophy-of-llms-minds
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ejEgaYSaefCevapPa/critique-of-some-recent-philosophy-of-llms-minds
by Roman Leventov, 2023-06-20

Comment: I read this article this morning (~35' careful read) - a discussion of the current (~2023-06) state of LLM (large language models), artificial intelligence (AI), artificial general intelligence (AGI).
...

#LLM #RomanLeventov #LargeLanguageModels #AIdiscussion #AIrisk

#SundayMorningRead

In New Paradox, Black Holes Appear to Evade Heat Death
Puzzling behavior of black hole interiors leads researchers to propose new physical law: the second law of quantum complexity.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-new-paradox-black-holes-appear-to-evade-heat-death-20230606/

@gmusser

This is very well-written article about modern theoretical physics musings over the implications of the heat death of the universe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe) - notably those of Leonard Susskind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind). Approximately a 20-30' (careful) read.
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#SundayMorningRead
[thread] Yoshua Bengio, algorithms, risk

[2023-05-22] How Rogue AIs may Arise
https://yoshuabengio.org/2023/05/22/how-rogue-ais-may-arise
https://web.archive.org/web/20230523031438/https://yoshuabengio.org/2023/05/22/how-rogue-ais-may-arise
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36042126

* AI/ML pioneer Yoshua Bengio discusses large language models (ChatGPT ...) & emerging technologies (artificial general intelligence, ...)
* too long to properly summarize: recommended to ALL persons, regardless of background/interests

#Bengio #algorithms #risk #regulation #AI #LLM #GPT #ChatGPT #ExistentialRisks