bengoertzel
- long meeting this AM, helping to organize the Conscious Robot Project with Hugo de Garis here at Xiamen University29 minutes ago from web
- Did a *really* fun interview for Raj Dye's documentary on AI/Singularity today (I was the interviewer ... I'm a far better interviewee ;-p)about 16 hours ago from web
- Torturing myself writing a funding proposal to submit to a Chinese university ... even a really exciting proposal BADLY SUCKS to write ;-(about 16 hours ago from web
- Today I learned that in China, "maybe" is the correct answer to every question...about 16 hours ago from web
- hmmm ... I'm almost convinced that Chinese habitually reason in fuzzy logic rather than crisp logic ...6:38 AM Jul 4th from web
- hmm ... I'm really enjoying Xiamen and don't want to leave!!! ... too bad it is so logistically difficult to relocate my kids here ...6:13 AM Jul 4th from web
- ?? this bag of Chinese fried peanuts has excerpts of a US newspaper article about "freedom of expression" and "human rights" printed on it5:32 AM Jul 4th from web
- interesting chats on aging research, free will and other themes while hiking with Antonello Lorenzini (biologist) in the mountains5:30 AM Jul 4th from web
- First AGI Summer School lectures are done ... videos will be online eventually ... now a week of OpenCog coding tutorial by Joel Pitt5:29 AM Jul 4th from web
- hiked today in Tianzushan Forest Park (http://www.xmtzs.cn/ensiteg...) ... followed around a monk for a while and felt suitably cosmic5:27 AM Jul 4th from web
- The old song says "Freedom's just another word for 'nothing left to lose'" ... does this imply that immortality would eliminate freedom?4:26 PM Jun 28th from web
- "You remain, in a way, empty after thinking...And once you are empty...you are ready to judge...without any book of rules" -- Hannah Arendt3:54 PM Jun 28th from web
- also, had a very long lucid dream that I was a rock. A huge gray rock. It's boring to be a rock; but, when you're a rock you don't notice.3:50 PM Jun 28th from web
- last night: dreamed I was a wandering Zen monk in China, trying too hard not to get mad when someone served me my dog's back leg to eat3:49 PM Jun 28th from web
- [modern interpretation: if we avoid self-deception in our research, we can work very efficiently & scientifically achieve immortality?]3:47 PM Jun 28th from web
- Father Zossima to Alyosha: "Above all, do not lie to yourself"3:46 PM Jun 28th from web
- From _The Brothers Karamazov_ ... Alyosha to Father Zossima: "Father, what must I do to achieve eternal life?"3:45 PM Jun 28th from web
- (validating Nietzsche's view that the best ideas are "won while walking" ;-)7:47 AM Jun 28th from web
- very productive chat (in the 10K stones garden) with Dr. Matthew Ikle' on the foundations of probababilistic logic and AGI7:46 AM Jun 28th from web
- bought a variety of software at 1/25 - 1/100 the US price ... much less hassle than dealing with torrents. China software shopping rules!7:39 AM Jun 28th from web
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