Bbenzon
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Humankind got its start on the African savannas some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ago. At various times in our cultural history we’ve moved to distinctly new cultural ground, as it were. And so we are moving now, and have been for the past half century. This blog is how I see that move. Intellectually, I'm broadly interested in culture and the brain. Within that compass, anything could show up here. Literature and films (including animation), certainly, music as well, and graffiti. But, other things may show up as well. It's a blog, don't you know, it moves.
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New Savanna
http://new-savanna.blogspot.com/
Humankind got its start on the African savannas some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years ago. At various times in our cultural history we’ve moved to distinctly new cultural ground, as it were. And so we are moving now, and have been for the past half century. This blog is how I see that move. I'm broadly interested in culture and the brain. Within that compass, anything could show up here. Literature and films (including animation), certainly, music as well, and graffiti. But, other things may show up as well. It's a blog, don't you know, it moves.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 7356 )
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The Revered ChatGPT on Facing the Prospect of a World Teeming with Intelligent...
From a certain perspective, the release of ChatGPT may be the most important thing that happened this year. I’m not saying that I endorse this perspective, but ... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Friday Fotos: The Mystery Train from Hoboken to Acme [Hallucinated City]
Posted on 30 December 2022
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PHILOSOPHY,
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It’s Time to Trade the Rikers Island Jail in for a Casino Complex
Neil Barsky, Where’s the Best Place to Build a Casino in New York City?, The New York Times, December 29, 2022. On the one hand New York City must close down th... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Hippocampal Time Cells
Ever wonder why your #brain can replay certain sequences of events in exquisite detail? It's all thanks to #TimeCells - specialized #neurons located in the... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Colorfull Little House on the Waterfront
Posted on 29 December 2022
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Yejin Choi on Common Sense and Value Pluralism in AI
David Marchese, An A.I. Pioneer on What We Should Really Fear, NYTimes, December 21, 2022. Common sense Can you explain what “common sense” means in the... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Geoffrey Hinton Predicts the Evolution of "neuromorphic" Computers That Are...
We will see a completely new type of computer, says AI pioneer Geoff Hinton https://t.co/4TffDqbQyZ via @ZDNET @TiernanRayTech— Bill Benzon, BAM! Read more
Posted on 28 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Wheels and Wheels, Muller Insurance in Hoboken
Posted on 28 December 2022
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Felix Culpa [the Fortunate Fall] – To Justify the Ways of God to Man [ChatGPT,...
While I was quizzing ChatGPT on its knowledge of basic legal concepts – ChatGPT the legal beagle: Concepts, Citizens United, Constitutional Interpretation – I... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
ZDNET's Report on AI Debate 3 – Where We Are (and Where We Might Be Going?)
Machines that think like humans: Everything to know about AGI and AI Debate 3 https://t.co/2Q9SMUiHPK by @TiernanRayTech— ZDNET (@ZDNET) December 26, 2022 I... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Approximating the Human Mind [deep Learning]
Posted on 27 December 2022
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On Limits to the Ability of LLMs to Approximate the Mind’s Structure
We assume that the mind has some structure. That structure is a function of 1) the structure of the world (which includes other humans) and 2) the brain’s... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Safe for the Winter [unless the Wind Gets Really Nasty]
Posted on 27 December 2022
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ChatGPT the Legal Beagle: Concepts, Citizens United, Constitutional...
Though I wasn’t looking for this when I started playing with ChatGPT on December 1st, it has turned out that I spent a lot of time exploring its capacity to dea... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Should Animals Bear Criminal Responsibility? Do They Have Rights as Well?
It’s not animals that interest me so much as robots and AIs. But let’s set that aside while we look at this article: Ed Simon, If animals are persons, should... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
What Do These Objects Have in Common?
Posted on 26 December 2022
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Lingonberries on Waffles for Breakfast on Christmas Eve
When I was young the family used to visit relatives in Rockport, Massachusetts, for a summer vacation. We would go to Oleana, a Swedish restaurant, for breakfas... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Whoops! ChatGPT Screws the Pooch Big Time on Sonnet 129
I got up early this morning, say 5:30 AM, and thought, “Oh hell, why not?” And I logged onto ChatGPT thinking I’d check its legal knowledge, at least as far as... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Rights for Robots: As of Now, AIs Can’t Hold Patents
And that's OK with me. But it is going to become an issue one of these days. Angeline Premraj, Elizabeth Ferrill and Frank A. Decosta III, “AI can't hold patent... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2022 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Hoboken Dresses up for the Holidays
Posted on 24 December 2022
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