artificial intelligence – An Autonomous Agent / exploring the noosphere Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:15:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 Hidden Forces – Interview Series /2017/12/hidden-forces-interview-series/ /2017/12/hidden-forces-interview-series/#disqus_thread Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:13:13 +0000 /?p=2528 Hidden Forces, hosted by Demetri Kofinas is an nice set of interviews with various people on topics including: finance, complexity, mathematics, and cryptocurrencies. I struggled listening to some of the interviewees because I did not agree with their ideas or conclusions; but I guess it is good to have conflicting opinions in order to encourage debate in the comments and to help review one’s own opinions and understandings. Regardless, Kofinas provides a highly accessible medium through which advanced ideas can be grasped.

I first ran across Hidden Forces while listening to the interview with Ray Monk about philosophical mathematics. Monk’s narration on the work of Frege, Russell, Whitehead, Wittgenstein, and Gödel is excellent – by far one of the clearest and easiest to grasp. It was learning about these paradigms and paradoxes of mathematics via Hofstadter’s famous book which led me to start this website.

]]> /2017/12/hidden-forces-interview-series/feed/ 0 A Glorious Accident – Wim Kayzer (1993) /2017/06/a-glorious-accident-wim-kayzer-1993/ /2017/06/a-glorious-accident-wim-kayzer-1993/#disqus_thread Mon, 19 Jun 2017 02:20:13 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=1812 A Glorious Accident is a set of interviews and discussions with Stephen J. Gould, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Toulmin, Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake, and Daniel Dennett. The final video is a round table with all of them answering questions about philosophy, evolution, life and the cosmos.

These videos are perfect for the curious and intellectual mind. Get comfortable, grab your popcorn and enjoy!

A Glorious Accident YouTube Playlist

]]> /2017/06/a-glorious-accident-wim-kayzer-1993/feed/ 0 YouTube Channel – WarOnYourMind /2013/06/youtube-channel-waronyourmind/ /2013/06/youtube-channel-waronyourmind/#disqus_thread Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:06:00 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=155 Started watching the Harvard Distinguished Lecture Series with Daniel Dennett. I enjoyed the lecture on Mind/Brain/Behavior and recommend watching it. Check out WarOnYourMind on YouTube for similar lectures.

]]> /2013/06/youtube-channel-waronyourmind/feed/ 0 How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed – Ray Kurzweil /2013/01/how-to-create-a-mind-the-secret-of-human-thought-revealed-ray-kurzweil/ /2013/01/how-to-create-a-mind-the-secret-of-human-thought-revealed-ray-kurzweil/#disqus_thread Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:02:00 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=305

I think one of the next books I read will be Ray Kurzweil’s How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed. The book was recently published and Kurzweil has been known to produce some interesting ideas. In fact, I am planning to read a few of his other books as well.

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