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Determinism
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Alex Garland views reality as a subjective dream state, not a simulation, influenced by scientific advancements.
Garland's 'Ex Machina' explores AI consciousness, challenging the notion of free will with deterministic implications.
Social media algorithms create echo chambers, driven by biases of their creators, likened to 80s Wall Street capitalism.
Garland critiques the portrayal of lone geniuses in media, emphasizing the collective effort in technological advancements.
Quantum mechanics' poetic beauty inspires Garland, seeing science as inherently lyrical.
LSTMs are integral to billions of devices for tasks like speech recognition and translation.
Jürgen Schmidhuber · Juergen Schmidhuber: Godel Machines, Meta-Learning, and LSTMs
Meta-learning involves machines improving their own learning algorithms recursively, a concept Schmidhuber explored in 1987.
Jürgen Schmidhuber · Juergen Schmidhuber: Godel Machines, Meta-Learning, and LSTMs
The universe's randomness at the quantum level lacks physical evidence, challenging the notion of fundamental randomness.
Jürgen Schmidhuber · Juergen Schmidhuber: Godel Machines, Meta-Learning, and LSTMs
Reinforcement learning is crucial for AI applications like self-driving cars, enabling learning from interactions without supervision.
Jürgen Schmidhuber · Juergen Schmidhuber: Godel Machines, Meta-Learning, and LSTMs
Countries with high robot density like Japan have low unemployment, suggesting automation leads to new job creation.
Jürgen Schmidhuber · Juergen Schmidhuber: Godel Machines, Meta-Learning, and LSTMs
Voices on determinism
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Still unresolved
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