October 2011
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Milestone #2
Just ended a paper with these words:
As researchers continue to test and work their way to greater understanding of AGI and self-programming, hopefully they can successfully alter their own neural network to collaborate in ways that bring together these disparate approaches and create something new.
Feels so good to be back.
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Inside this new love, die.
Quietness by Rumi Translated by Coleman Barks
Inside this new love, die. Your way begins on the other side. Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape. Walk out like someone suddenly born into color. Do it now. You’re covered with thick clouds. Slide out the side. Die, and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign that you’ve died. Your old life was a frantic...
September 2011
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Sometimes, Surrender is a Solution
I have lived my life with the philosophy of “Never Give Up.” It was a useful motto for a very long time. When challenges are so great and situations so perilous that to give up would mean defeat, the only solution is to never ever give in, never give up.
But recently, since my life is now normal for the most part, I’ve been questioning whether “never giving up” is...
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“Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet...”
– William Penn
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How would radical life extension change goal...
Living to 100 and Beyond — read this.
The Wall Street Journal article above discusses the real possibility, assuming society can hold it together, of lifespans of 150-1000 years for people living today. I have found friends and family usually respond negatively to such optimism, as if they have convinced themselves that 100 years of life is all that they could possibly wish for… life is...
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“If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.”
– Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)
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Am I proud?
100% on my first assignment!
Is this a dull thing to post about? Am I really proud that I got 100% on an easy intro assignment? I shouldn’t be — not really. I suppose I am not.
I’m not trying to be negative, but I think this time around I’m going to hold myself to a higher standard.
This blog won’t just be about assignments and grades (You’ll get to hear all...
August 2011
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Milestone #1
Today, I turned in my first Java assignment ten years after my last computer science course.
public class MyFirstApp {
etc.
This is humbling because here I am, ten years of distraction later, still typing ‘Hello World!’ This is not to say I haven’t been busy. I have a Masters in a subject I’m not interested in, for example.
That’s really what this blog is about....
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Trying Again
Hello All,
I’m trying again. Who says there are no second chances. I thought you might like to watch. More to follow.
All the best,
Naomi