Mini-Project: Think Like a “Good Old AI” Researcher

Example Family TreeThose who’ve known me for many years will know that I love to create fictional worlds. They represent the epitome of complicated systems, with all of the messiness and detail of the real world combined with the flexibility required to satisfy my creative desires. Because of the immensity of world-building, at a certain point it is absolutely necessary for the creator to maintain a solid body of notes on the various people, places, things, etc. in the setting. Worlds are nonlinear by nature, so it is very common to use a wiki to write things down, and it was in re-reading my own wiki-notes that I got an idea for another way to do things.

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First GoiD Task

GoiD Maze ScreenshotIn case anyone’s wondering what I’m up to, my first task on the Game of Intelligent Design was published today. If you’re familiar with javascript and like the the idea of programming virtual robots, go play!

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‘Shopped

I did some photoshopping the other day. Can you tell how I modified this image?
Rugby Photo

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The Genius Of SIAI

This post is in some respects a response to “Terminated” on the GoiD blog, though I was already planning on writing something along these lines.

I used to be more optimistic about the benevolence of Artificial Intelligence (AGI). I figured that the worst thing that could happen would be the creation of truly intelligent machines by a government with a highly racist or nationalist attitude. I still worry about that, but I worry about just plain ignorance more. To illustrate my point, here is Jeff Hawkins, a major figure in the modern AGI scene, talking about the dangers of the technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCdbZqI1r7I#t=57m43s

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Mastery

[Photo of Dice]A friend of mine wanted me to post this minimalist RPG system I wrote back in 2007. So, here it is. I suggest using it as a starting point in making something that works best for your group. Yes, this is the entire rulebook.

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