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.
MY BLOGS
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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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Evidence of a Predictive Coding Hierarchy in the Human Brain Listening to Speech
https://t.co/C1jlSs8IvF so I don't thread hijack.— Sichu Lu (@lu_sichu) March 8, 2023 Abstract from article linked above: Considerable progress has recently bee... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Two More Thoughts on ChatGPT: Conceptual Spaces and System Time-steps
The mere fact that I’ve posted a substantial article, How ChatGPT tells stories, does not at all imply that I’ve stopped thinking about those issues. Not at all. Read more
Posted on 09 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
From Yesterdays Trip to the Big City
Posted on 09 March 2023
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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ChatGPT Explores the Semantic Differential
3.9.23 – 6:13 AM – Feb 13 Version If you don’t already know what the semantic differential is, look it up in Wikipedia. But you should get the idea from the... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Breakfast
Posted on 07 March 2023
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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ChatGPT Explores the Hero’s Journey
After having ChatGPT review the Hero's Journey I have it produce hero stories about the following, in order: Someone like Louis Armstrong Rocket J. Read more
Posted on 07 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Abundance All Around: Substrate, Object, Undecidable, Inexhaustible
Jochen Szangolies, GĂśdel’s Proof and Einstein’s Dice: Undecidability in Mathematics and Physics – Part II, 3 Quarks Daily, March 6, 2023. Read more
Posted on 06 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Stable Diffusion Plug-in for Photoshop
, free and open source. Amazingly powerful tool! 𤯠pic.twitter.com/hAPCwCtTtX— Liberty đđĽ... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
ChatGPT Spins a Pirate Yarn Within Another Story [Blackbeard Ascends to the...
The title tells you what’s going on. I’m just going to present the whole session without comment. My “little grey cells,” as Hercule Poirot would say, need a... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
If You Were Two Inches Tall and Standing on My Table at Turning Point, You...
I really like that third view. Moving bus in the background is blurred and the horizontal envelope (it contained the flatware) in the foreground is blurred.... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Revenge for the Slap [Media Notes 85]
Jason Zinoman reviews the Chris Rock Netflix special, Selective Outrage, in the NYTimes, Mar. 5, 2023. You can read the whole review for yourself, I'll just... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Aviator and Tucker [Media Notes 84]
I recently watched The Aviator (2004), directed by Martin Scorsese, and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, both of which I... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
What's up with the Early Early Universe? [Galaxies We Never Even Knew Existed...
What's Up With The New JWST Findings? With Neil deGrasse Tyson What did the early universe really look like? Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the new JWST... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Exploring Metalingual Definition with ChatGPT
Back in the Ancient Days my teacher and later colleague, David Hays, was interested in abstract concepts, such as truth, love, beauty, and justice. Such concept... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
My Recent Working Papers on Mind and Machine [Someone's in the Kitchen]
Things are beginning to fall in place. I’m getting a feel for ChatGPT, and by implication, for deep learning. And by “feel” I mean just that, a feel, a feeling... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
It Snowed the Other Day
Posted on 04 March 2023
CULTURE,
PHILOSOPHY,
SOCIETY
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Remington Steele [Media Notes 83]
I remember when I say GoldenEye in 1995. “Hey! That’s Remington Steele,” said I to myself. For Pierce Brosnan had first become known for playing the front man i... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Kimono Mom Cavorts Like a Child [No, Really!]
The family prepares for a trip to Hong Kong and Dubai, where they’re going to a trade show to drum up business for Moe’s new Japanese Cooking Sauce. Read more
Posted on 04 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Deep Learning and Complex Dynamics
The deeper I go into this presentation (87 slides), the more interesting it gets. Are the ANN mystery-mongers about to have their lunch handed to them?... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY -
Glenn Loury & Oded Galor Talk About Cultural and Economic Growth and the...
This is a very important discussion. 0:00 Oded's new book, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality 7:58 How inequality and growth emerged... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2023 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY
