21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2019-11-16 04:25:30

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FRAGMENT FROM NATURE concludes this weekend on the theme of prions. Biologists have insisted on trying to achieve a tidy paradigm for nature, conforming to various simple laws; but three glaring examples defy this simplicity. These are prions, viruses and transposons. And, if you dig deeper, almost certainlly, biological molecules themselves, within the orchestrated milieu of the cell. " "11 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2019-11-15 05:49:08

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DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY. “We have argued that AI poses an existential threat to humanity. On the other hand, with more intelligence we can hope for quicker, better solutions to many of our problems. When considering the likely consequences of superhuman AI, we must respect both risk and opportunity.” https://lnkd.in/dAZH9Vg View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2019-11-15 05:38:11

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FUTURE FEEDBACK LOOP. “But for the most part, humans still haven’t figured out how their own cognitive algorithms work, or how to rewrite them. And the computers we program don’t understand their own cognitive algorithms, either (for the most part). But one day they will.” http://intelligenceexplosion.com/en/2012/intelligence-explosion/ View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
linkedin post 2019-11-15 05:25:27

linkedin post 2019-11-15 05:25:27

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GRADUALISM. "It's not like the physical sciences. There are no breakthroughs in AI. Certainly not in the 15 years that I've been going to conferences. There are things which come to the fore and become very successful, and AI is full of success, but there's no moment where we split the atom, put a man on the moon, cure a disease. That just doesn't happen. Things are incrementally, slowly, carefully done." http://www.gizmag.com/creative-ai-computational-creativity-challenges-future/36353/ View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2019-11-15 05:22:19

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THE SALTATION. “Colton notes that it's "painfully difficult" to get it to accomplish even the most unintelligent of intelligent tasks. And he thinks the idea of a singularity – some sudden moment where AI goes from dumb to hyper-intelligent – is misguided.” https://lnkd.in/dCiCf4U View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2019-11-15 05:18:24

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AI IS A BIOLOGICAL QUESTION. Our fears about AI rest squarely in its development of autonomy, going from insensate machine to self-determination. This is the core of the evolution of life questions. As I see it, today, the debate about AI seems to involve everyone but biologists. Biologists could give valuable insights, and in turn, learn a great deal from analysis of evolving complexity that is on the threshold of self-assembly, at the cusp of a phase change in emergence. View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

linkedin post 2019-11-17 05:45:38

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NEW CONFORMATION. “The prion version of the same protein has beta sheets, a completely different structure. The new prion protein forms a clump and becomes a base, which draws in other protein building a crystal mass. It is not yet clear exactly how this transformation occurs, but most cellular folding is managed by complex large proteins called chaperones. It appears that lipids act as the chaperones for prions.” https://lnkd.in/dKV3Xez View in LinkedIn
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