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Notes by RetraiceRe116-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc.) Re116: When Does the Bad Thing Happen? (Technological Danger, Part 4) retraice.com Agreements about reality in technological progress. Basic questions; a chain reaction of philosophy; deciding what is and isn't in the world; agreeing with others in order to achieve sharing; other concerns compete with sharing and prevent agreement; the need for agreement increasing. Air date: Saturday, 14th Jan. 2023, 10:00 PM...
2023-06-2400 minNotes by RetraiceRe110-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc.) Re110: TikTok for Addicting the World's Kids retraice.com Tristan Harris's analysis of China's TikTok vs. the exported version. Tristan Harris on TikTok; spinach TikTok for Chinese kids, opium for everyone else; the Opium Wars and the `Century of Humiliation'; TikTok content and time limits for Chinese kids; Netflix on the attention economy vs. sleep; Russia and China trying...
2023-01-0900 minNotes by RetraiceRe109-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc.) Re109: TikTok (app), Tik-Tok (novel), and Low-Power Mode (Day 7, AIMA4e Chpt. 7) retraice.com An observation of AI in action (TikTok), a decision (Low-Power Mode), and a coincidence (Tik-Tok). TikTok as addictive spying tool; Tik-Tok, the novel; changes in technology vs. lack of changes in human wants and needs; creeping totalitarianism, illiberty, war, climate change, Artilect War, superintelligence; the gorilla problem...
2023-01-0900 minNotes by RetraiceRe107-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc.) Re107: Three Kinds of AI (Day 5, AIMA4e Chpt. 5) retraice.com War, peace and commerce AI in our multi-agent world. Considering multi-agent environments as economies, adversarial games, or merely nondeterministic; commerce, peace, war; Bostrom's `capacity building' and `strategic analysis'; adversary arguments; the computer control game; solving for mobilization and war. Air date: Thursday, 5th Jan. 2023, 10:00 PM Eastern/US.
2023-01-0600 minNotes by RetraiceRe105-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc.) Re105: Solve or Be Solved (Day 3, AIMA4e Chpt. 3) retraice.com The mechanical advantage of those who control AI engineers. The agent-environment boundary; environments to be solved by agents; AI-CS tools recent, vast; mechanical advantage in physics and AI; math vs. AI-CS; the enormous problem-solving advantage of those who control AI engineers. Air date: Tuesday, 3rd...
2023-01-0400 minNotes by RetraiceRe102-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc.) Re102: AI For What retraice.com Well-formed goals in the computer control game. Kurzweil and all that; our countdown clocks to 2029 and 2042; machines can learn whatever we can, probably; systems and papers to study; reasons to learn or pay attention to AI; the purpose of Retraice; a more formal represenation of the player state change problem; moonshots for 2023 and 2024. ...
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RetraiceRe102: AI For WhatWell-formed goals in the computer control game. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: Kurzweil, 2029 and 2042; more thoughts on learning AI; What are the purposes of learning AI?; What is the purpose of Retraice?; What is our problem, to which math, code and AIMA4e are part of the solution?; moonshots. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re102 Air date: Saturday, 31st Dec. 2022, 2 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 Kurzweil, 2029 and 2042; 0:12:12 more thoughts on learning AI; 0:18:34 What are the purposes of learning...
2023-01-0234 minNotes by RetraiceRe89-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re89: The multimap Function, Part C (Best-First-Search Part 8, AIMA4e pp. 73-74) retraice.com How multimap works. Code and math vs. AI; Retraice code quality issues; Mappasses a modified linksto multimap; multimapcreates a defaultdict, a dictwith default values, from collections; multimapthen strips the values from the linksdictionary, and parses the keys, which should be pairs, into key-value pairs for the new...
2022-12-2200 minNotes by RetraiceRe87-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re87: The multimap Function, Part A (Best-First-Search Part 6, AIMA4e pp. 73-74) retraice.com Unpacking the code that gets us the neighbors of our current state which are the actions available in the Romania problem. The connections between Mapand multimap; hasattr; 'items'; adding reverse actions to our state space; neighbors, actions and multimap; probing objects with dir()and __dict__; causing side...
2022-12-2000 minNotes by RetraiceRe83-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re83: A Problem Instantiated (Best-First-Search Part 2, AIMA4e pp. 73-74) retraice.com Writing a well-defined problem, in Python, as an object that's an instance of the class Problem. Object-oriented programming; class Problem as subclass of object, implementing structure of well-defined problem; initial state and goal state as attributes in Problem; the four functions Actions(), Result(), Is-Goal() and Action-Cost(), and the informed...
2022-12-1600 minNotes by RetraiceRe81-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re81: Recap of Natural Intelligence (Re10-Re13) retraice.com Naturally evolved intelligent entities are the origin of the other kinds. Rocks and podcasts; guessing and checking; learning separate from intelligence; perception and intelligence; fight, flight and environments; smart things traveling; mental time and space travel; space and time physics; aliens; how vs. what one thinks; the crazies; science's weaknesses, strategic intelligence's...
2022-12-1500 minNotes by RetraiceRe79-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re79: Recap of Strategic Intelligence (Re1-Re5) retraice.com An overview of the phenomenon of `intelligence agents' and agencies (government and otherwise). Natural, artificial and strategic intelligence; difficulties of the subject of strategic intelligence; likely and unlikely secrets; problems of evidence, information, trust, and survival; openness and security; group and sub-group hostility; team survival of life, leisure and legislation; totalitarian logic.
2022-12-1300 minNotes by RetraiceRe77-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc.) Re77: Recap of TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT (AIMA4e p. 48) retraice.com An overview of Re65-Re69. The agent program; its agent function; several Python implementations; definitions of various and sometimes confusing terms; the mathematical behavior of the look-up table; making Python do that math; the ECMP (English-Code-Math-Progress) cycle approach to technical learning. Air date: Sunday, 11th Dec. 2022, 10:00 PM Eastern/US.
2022-12-1200 minNotes by RetraiceRe69-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2023 Retraice, Inc.) Re69: TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT Part 5 (ECMP and AIMA4e p. 48) retraice.com A strategy for technical progress. Air date: Saturday, 3rd Dec. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Discipline: No diving off the boat! We're focusing on the math and code difficulties of AIMA4e^1 right now, December 2022. This is in service of our plan to deep-dive the book from...
2022-12-0400 minNotes by RetraiceRe68-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re68: TABLE-DRIVEN-AGENT Part 4 (AIMA4e p. 48) retraice.com Computer, do the math. Air date: Friday, 2nd Dec. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Amendments to Re67 I still didn't say it clearly enough: A sequence is an ordered list of elements; a series is a sum of a sequence. Both can be either finite or infinite.^1 ...
2022-12-0300 minNotes by RetraiceRe64-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re64: Math, Code and Deadlines (AIMA4e planning) retraice.com Coming to terms with the hard things first. Air date: Monday, 28th Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. How long do we have? Deadlines We're going to do a deep-dive on Russell & Norvig (2020). Mastery should be of a discipline, not a particular book, and will...
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RetraiceRe64: Math, Code and Deadlines (AIMA4e planning)Coming to terms with the hard things first. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: How long do we have? deadlines; To do what? calibration by tests; And Retraice? learning vs. teaching; What strategy? hard first — get out of English quickly. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re64 Air date: Monday, 28th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 How long do we have? deadlines; 0:06:02 To do what? calibration by tests; 0:09:18 And Retraice? learning vs. teaching; 0:11:15 What strategy? hard first — get...
2022-11-2918 minNotes by RetraiceAIMA4e-NOTES--2022-11-27--01-01-52.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) AIMA4e Annotations A companion to the great white brick. As of November 27, 2022 (Start date: November 21, 2022.) [1]retraice.com Version notes: [2]Retraice ([3]2022/11/21) (Re57), first draft, covered Preface, Sections I, II; [4]Retraice ([5]2022/11/22) (Re58), no footnotes, covered Sections III, IV; [6]Retraice ([7]2022/11/22) (Re58) again, moved some notes from Re57 and Re58 notes to footnotes here; [8]Retraice ([9]2022/11/23) (Re59), covered Sections...
2022-11-2700 minNotes by RetraiceRe62-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re62: AIMA4e in 5 Minutes retraice.com A synopsis of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 4th ed., as covered by Re57-Re61. Air date: Saturday, 26th Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Day 6: review The latest version of our notes on AIMA4e (Russell & Norvig (2020)) will be at: https://aima4e.retraice.com. ...
2022-11-2700 minNotes by RetraiceAIMA4e-NOTES--2022-11-26--02-33-24.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) AIMA4e Annotations A companion to the great white brick. As of November 26, 2022 (Start date: November 21, 2022.) [1]retraice.com Version notes: [2]Retraice ([3]2022/11/21) (Re57), first draft, covered Preface, Sections I, II; [4]Retraice ([5]2022/11/22) (Re58), no footnotes, covered Sections III, IV; [6]Retraice ([7]2022/11/22) (Re58) again, moved some notes from Re57 and Re58 notes to footnotes here; [8]Retraice ([9]2022/11/23) (Re59), covered Sections...
2022-11-2600 minNotes by RetraiceRe61-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re61: Formal Languages, Pseudocode (AIMA4e Appendix B) retraice.com Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 4th ed., pages 1030-1032. Air date: Friday, 25th Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Day 5: code The latest version of our notes on AIMA4e (Russell & Norvig (2020)) will be at: https://aima4e.retraice.com. Older versions wi...
2022-11-2600 minNotes by RetraiceAIMA4e-NOTES--2022-11-25--03-23-59.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) AIMA4e Annotations A companion to the great white brick. As of November 25, 2022 (Start date: November 21, 2022.) [1]retraice.com Version notes: [2]Retraice ([3]2022/11/21) (Re57), first draft, covered Preface, Sections I, II; [4]Retraice ([5]2022/11/22) (Re58), no footnotes, covered Sections III, IV; [6]Retraice ([7]2022/11/22) (Re58) again, moved some notes from Re57 and Re58 notes to footnotes here; [8]Retraice ([9]2022/11/23) (Re59), covered Sections V...
2022-11-2500 minNotes by RetraiceRe60-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re60: Complexity, Linear Algebra, Probability (AIMA4e Appendix A) retraice.com Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 4th ed., pages 1023-1029. Air date: Thursday, 24th Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Day 4: math The latest version of our notes on AIMA4e (Russell & Norvig (2020)) will be at: https://aima4e.retraice.com. Older versions wi...
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RetraiceRe60: Complexity, Linear Algebra, Probability (AIMA4e Appendix A)'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach', 4th ed., pages 1023–1029. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: day 4 — math; A1 — problem and algorithm analysis; A2 — line equation probing; A3 — quantifying 'probably'. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re60 Air date: Thursday, 24th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 day 4 — math; 0:05:59 A1 — problem and algorithm analysis; 0:14:15 A2 — line equation probing; 0:22:00 A3 — quantifying 'probably'. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-11-2529 minNotes by RetraiceAIMA4e-NOTES--2022-11-24--02-28-27.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) AIMA4e Annotations A companion to the great white brick. As of November 24, 2022 (Start date: November 21, 2022.) [1]retraice.com Version notes: [2]Retraice ([3]2022/11/21) (Re57), first draft, covered Preface, Sections I, II; [4]Retraice ([5]2022/11/22) (Re58), no footnotes, covered Sections III, IV; [6]Retraice ([7]2022/11/22) (Re58) again, moved some notes from Re57 and Re58 notes to footnotes here; [8]Retraice ([9]2022/11/23) (Re59), covered Sections V...
2022-11-2400 minNotes by RetraiceRe59-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re59: Learning, Interacting, Conclusions (AIMA4e chpts. 19-28) retraice.com Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 4th ed., pages 651-1022. Air date: Wednesday, 23rd Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Day 3 The latest version of our notes on AIMA4e (Russell & Norvig (2020)) will be at: https://aima4e.retraice.com. Older versions will be...
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RetraiceRe59: Learning, Interacting, Conclusions (AIMA4e chpts. 19–28)'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach', 4th ed., pages 651–1022. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: day 3; Section V — Learning; Section VI — Interacting; Section VII — Conclusions. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re59 Air date: Wednesday, 23rd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 day 3; 0:03:43 Section V — Learning; 0:21:00 Section VI — Interacting; 0:28:29 Section VII — Conclusions. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-11-2438 minNotes by RetraiceAIMA4e-NOTES--2022-11-23--03-32-35.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) AIMA4e Annotations A companion to the great white brick. As of November 23, 2022 (Start date: November 21, 2022.) [1]retraice.com Version notes: [2]Retraice ([3]2022/11/21) (Re57), first draft; [4]Retraice ([5]2022/11/22) (Re58), no footnotes; [6]Retraice ([7]2022/11/22) (Re58) again, moved some notes from Re57 and Re58 notes to footnotes here. PREFACE * The phenomenon: intelligent agents[8]^1 * The discipline: artificial intelligence,[9]^2 "th...
2022-11-2300 minNotes by RetraiceRe58-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re58: Thinking and Uncertainty (AIMA4e chpts. 7-18) retraice.com AIMA4e pages 208-650. Air date: Tuesday, 22nd Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Day 2 The latest version of our notes on AIMA4e (Russell & Norvig (2020)) will be at: https://aima4e.retraice.com. Older versions will be preserved in the Retraice No...
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RetraiceRe58: Thinking and Uncertainty (AIMA4e chpts. 7–18)AIMA4e pages 208–650. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: day 2; Section III — Thinking; Section IV — Uncertainty. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re58 Air date: Tuesday, 22nd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 day 2; 0:02:34 Section III — Thinking; 0:11:12 Section IV — Uncertainty. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-11-2329 minNotes by RetraiceRe57-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re57: AI, Agents, Problem-solving, Searching, Environments, Games (AIMA4e chpts. 1-6) retraice.com AIMA4e pages 1-207. Air date: Monday, 21st Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Day 1 The latest version of our notes on AIMA4e (Russell & Norvig (2020)) will be at: https://aima4e.retraice.com. Older versions will be preserved in th...
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RetraiceRe57: AI, Agents, Problem-solving, Searching, Environments, Games (AIMA4e chpts. 1–6)AIMA4e pages 1–207. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: day 1; our nouns for the seven sections of AIMA4e; the preface — phenomenon, science, definitions, hacks; chapters 1–6. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re57 Air date: Monday, 21st Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 day 1; 0:01:59 our nouns for the seven sections of AIMA4e; 0:03:43 the preface — phenomenon, science, definitions, hacks; 0:09:18 chapters 1–6. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-11-2214 minNotes by RetraiceRe56-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re56: A Valuable Brick: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach 4th ed. Retraice^1 This is how we got from Re1 to AIMA4e. Air date: Sunday, 20th Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Findings How we got to computer control (roughly the same as `AI') and players. o Retraice is about `What's going on out th...
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RetraiceRe56: A Valuable Brick: 'Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach' 4th ed.This is how we got from Re1 to AIMA4e. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: findings; implications; details; plan. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re56 Air date: Sunday, 20th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 findings; 0:02:31 implications; 0:05:59 details; 0:08:23 plan. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
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RetraiceRe55: The Computer Control GameIt's like football---no, poker---no, chess---no, war. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: Is war a game?; a singleton is bad, probably; but a (new) singleton is game victory; if we are a singleton; three modes of thinking. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re55 Air date: Saturday, 19th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 Is war a game?; 0:07:58 a singleton is bad, probably; 0:11:20 but a (new) singleton is game victory; 0:16:59 if we are a singleton; 0:22:58 three...
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RetraiceRe53: Big Questions About Strategic IntelligenceWAAIT Part 4: What outsiders living in a world of intelligence can ask themselves. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: What can't we see?; What about cumulative progress?; What about superpowers and secrecy?; on mental math (Re52 correction). Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re53 Air date: Thursday, 17th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 What can't we see?; 0:13:33 What about cumulative progress?; 0:17:03 What about superpowers and secrecy?; 0:27:38 on mental math (Re52 correction). Copyright: 2022 Retraice...
2022-11-1829 minNotes by RetraiceRe52-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re52: Big Questions About AI Retraice^1 WAAIT Part 3: What individuals, humanity, and players in the game can ask themselves. Air date: Wednesday, 16th Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. AlphaCode This new AI system codes better than 50% of human coders in competitions.^2 How should we think about big advances in AI? o amplification of something: a kind of...
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RetraiceRe52: Big Questions About AIWAAIT Part 3: What individuals, humanity, and players in the game can ask themselves. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: AlphaCode; individuals — How much do I matter?; humanity — What are we doing again? Where are we headed?; players — How to win? Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re52 Air date: Wednesday, 16th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 AlphaCode; 0:04:09 individuals — How much do I matter?; 0:12:31 humanity — What are we doing again? Where are we headed?; 0:14:29 players — How to win?
2022-11-1729 minNotes by RetraiceRe51-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re51: Sprinkle Some AI on It Retraice^1 WAAIT Part 2: Mixing AI with things that were separate. Air date: Tuesday, 15th Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. For better and for worse, AI and ... Here is an attempt to mix AI with aspects of the world that are not obviously related--because everything is related to AI. We'll look fo...
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RetraiceRe51: Sprinkle Some AI on ItWAAIT Part 2: Mixing AI with things that were separate. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: for better and for worse, AI and ...; intelligence; hypotheses; omniscience; other stuff. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re51 Air date: Tuesday, 15th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 for better and for worse, AI and ...; 0:05:36 intelligence; 0:15:02 hypotheses; 0:21:07 omniscience; 0:25:04 other stuff. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
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RetraiceRe50: What About AI Though? (WAAIT)WAAIT Part 1: Remembering the big thing that's bigger than all the other big things. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: AI, at parties, in three dimensions; What is AI, again? Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re50 Air date: Monday, 14th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 AI, at parties, in three dimensions; 0:30:09 What is AI, again? Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
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RetraiceRe49: China is Not F-ing AroundChina Part 3: A sketch of Xi's country. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: something is happening in China; our China model; China now — the best; China now — the worst; China now — war; haunting questions. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re49 Air date: Sunday, 13th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 something is happening in China; 0:01:26 our China model; 0:05:03 China now — the best; 0:21:23 China now — the worst; 0:42:37 China now — war; 0:46:28 haunting questions. Cop...
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RetraiceRe48: From Drugs to Mao to MoneyChina Part 2: A sketch of China from the Opium Wars to 2012. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: our China model and H4; What happened in China (before Xi)?; drugs; Mao; money. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re48 Air date: Saturday, 12th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 our China model and H4; 0:06:05 What happened in China (before Xi)?; 0:09:16 drugs; 0:20:16 Mao; 0:30:50 money. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-11-1439 minNotes by RetraiceRe47-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re47: Meanwhile, in China Retraice^1 China Part 1: Sketching China while trying to avoid the conclusion that World War III is coming. Air date: Friday, 11th Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. The U.S. and China While the U.S. is mired in infighting, and arguably in decline, China is in take-off mode, and naturally eyeing th...
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RetraiceRe47: Meanwhile, in ChinaChina Part 1: Sketching China while trying to avoid the conclusion that World War III is coming. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: the U.S. and China; a China model; what is happing in China. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re47 Air date: Friday, 11th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 the U.S. and China; 0:01:51 a China model; 0:14:10 what is happing in China. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
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RetraiceRe46: Bad Faith and the Bad LifeThe Midterms Part 4: There will be suffering, resentment and the 'intent to deceive'. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: deception; dysfunction; competition; hope against technology; something is happening to us. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re46 Air date: Thursday, 10th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 deception; 0:07:00 dysfunction; 0:13:25 competition; 0:20:48 hope against technology; 0:33:46 something is happening to us. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
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RetraiceRe45: Liberty and Equality Mean What?The Midterms Part 3: The United States is first about freedom, second about consequences (and therefore equality), because freedom is so inspiring, but it has no obvious solutions to luck and evil. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: one word each; definitions; two inherent problems with the ideal of freedom. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re45 Air date: Wednesday, 9th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 one word each; 0:10:41 definitions; 0:13:55 two inherent problems with the ideal of freedom.
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RetraiceRe44: We Can't Vote and Can't Think.The Midterms Part 2: Trust (anti-nuking democracy) comes from practice (frequent voting) and drinking responsibly (not forgetting that we're being conned, which is manageable). Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: side notes; about that nuke; get bullshitted responsibly; it's complicated. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re44 Air date: Tuesday, 8th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 side notes; 0:02:20 about that nuke; 0:11:12 get bullshitted responsibly; 0:15:49 it's complicated. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
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RetraiceRe43: The Midterms — Part 1On Tuesday, players will be chosen for a game. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: current history; tuesday's midterms; issues old, new, explicit, implicit; players will be chosen; a game. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re43 Air date: Monday, 7th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 current history; 0:02:21 tuesday's midterms; 0:08:09 issues old, new, explicit, implicit; 0:30:56 players will be chosen; 0:31:51 a game. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com...
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RetraiceRe42: News — Wealth, Wildcards, ComputersWe're all getting richer, but education is dividing us, and the machines are watching. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: the rich and richer; cancer, protein folding, black holes; machines watching. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re42 Air date: Sunday, 6th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 the rich and richer; 0:04:47 cancer, protein folding, black holes; 0:07:34 machines watching. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-11-0915 min
RetraiceRe41: News — Betterment, Intelligence, DarknessSome humans can now play with proteins like Legos, and this is good for them, maybe us, and any AI that wants to takeover the Earth. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: the spectrum of intelligence; the Lego blocks of life; smart and dumb are things; put on your evil hat. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re41 Air date: Saturday, 5th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 the spectrum of intelligence; 0:01:47 the Lego blocks of life; 0:06:17 smart and dumb...
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RetraiceRe40: News — China, Civil War, EnvironmentsRepublicans don't trust the FBI, neither of them trust the Chinese, but Brazil wants products, not a rainforest. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: China, the U.S. and Apple; Republicans, whistleblowers and the FBI; the rainforest and its alternative uses; the connections. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re40 Air date: Friday, 4th Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 China, the U.S. and Apple; 0:03:06 Republicans, whistleblowers and the FBI; 0:05:34 the rainforest and its alternative uses;...
2022-11-0710 minNotes by RetraiceRe39-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re39: News -- Space, Technology, Death Retraice^1 Live longer, in space, with Big Brother. Air date: Thursday, 3rd Nov. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. News matters It's only news if it matters. It only makes sense if it's connected. What matters? "What we care about amongst what is happening amongst what is."^2 What we...
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RetraiceRe39: News — Space, Technology, DeathLive longer, in space, with Big Brother. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: news matters; H1 Space — caves on Mars; H2 Technology — the robo-minister; H3 Death — making cells young again; H12 Computers — Who controls those machines? Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re39 Air date: Thursday, 3rd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 news matters; 0:02:31 H1 Space — caves on Mars; 0:03:54 H2 Technology — the robo-minister; 0:05:45 H3 Death — making cells young again; 0:08:51 H12 Computers — Who controls those mach...
2022-11-0610 min
RetraiceRe38: Follow up to 'Re33: Outsiders, Power and Waste'The Rhodes-Milner group, psychos, and power-attention microeconomics. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: Quigley and Ferguson on the Rhodes-Milner group; psychos — '1 in 25' was wrong; power-only and power-attention microeconomics — a better explanation. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re38 Air date: Wednesday, 2nd Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 Quigley and Ferguson on the Rhodes-Milner group; 0:10:51 psychos — '1 in 25' was wrong; 0:11:38 power-only and power-attention microeconomics — a better explanation. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-11-0515 min
RetraiceRe37: Notes on Solutions to ConspiracyWhat it would take to secure our shared world and world model. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: targets and attacks; gold and silver — incentives and tests; lead bullets — people, standards, tools; the hard thing — anything goes. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re37 Air date: Tuesday, 1st Nov. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 targets and attacks; 0:01:12 gold and silver — incentives and tests; 0:03:53 lead bullets — people, standards, tools; 0:08:26 the hard thing — anything goes. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, In...
2022-11-0409 min
RetraiceRe36: Notes on ConspiracyTo secure our shared world model against devastating attack is going to take some doing. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: conspiracy and conspiracy theory; problem 1 — consistency in conspiracy theory; problem 2 — don't forget the obvious; problem 3 — If there is neglect, why?; amendment — Re32 — 'BIM'. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re36 Air date: Monday, 31st Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 conspiracy and conspiracy theory; 0:02:03 problem 1 — consistency in conspiracy theory; 0:04:56 problem 2 — don't forget the obvious; 0:08:58 problem 3 — If there is neglect, why...
2022-11-0413 minNotes by RetraiceRe35-NOTES.pdf(The below text version of the notes is for search purposes and convenience. See the PDF version for proper formatting such as bold, italics, etc., and graphics where applicable. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc.) Re35: Follow-ups to Re17, Re18, Re33 Retraice^1 Cool stuff that didn't make it into those segments. Air date: Sunday, 30th Oct. 2022, 11:00 PM Eastern/US. Sources and depth added to `Re17: Hypotheses to Eleven' We gathered sources and added to the descriptions of all the hypotheses, H1-H11. See the notes at Retraice (2022/03/07a). Th...
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RetraiceRe35: Follow-ups to Re17, Re18, Re33Cool stuff that didn't make it into those segments. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: sources and depth added to 'Re17: Hypotheses to Eleven'; betterment, simplified; 'objective observables' added to 'Re18: Plan of Attack'; 'an area that you can do absolutely nothing about' (Re33). Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re35 Air date: Sunday, 30th Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 sources and depth added to 'Re17: Hypotheses to Eleven'; 0:02:03 betterment, simplified; 0:02:48 'objective observables' added to 'Re18: Plan of Attack';
2022-11-0310 min
RetraiceRe34: OpinionsWe involuntarily model hyperobjects and then yap about them. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: we are not our opinions; the guy at the sandwich shop; opinions are about hyperobjects; Munger's razor; the world about which we're supposed to have opinions. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re34 Air date: Saturday, 29th Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 we are not our opinions; 0:00:55 the guy at the sandwich shop; 0:09:33 opinions are about hyperobjects; 0:15:43 Munger's razor; 0:18:45 the...
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RetraiceRe33: Outsiders, Power and WasteWhat outsiders and power have to do with each other. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: like talking to the TV; power - definitions and evidence; waste of resources with respect to power; perception, power and deception; if you want power and attention; if you want only power; some guy told me once; Is the cabal plausible?; convincing outsiders that they're insiders; 'an area that you can do absolutely nothing about'; good actions implied by our models. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re33 ...
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RetraiceRe32: AI NewsWhat our new machine overlords are up to. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: I.J. Good, one more time; What's a model?; AI news; AI Weekly by Essentials #300; AI Weekly by Essentials #299; 'New, transparent AI tool may help detect blood poisoning'; '6 Reactions to the White House's AI Bill of Rights'; 'Inside effective altruism, where the far future counts a lot more than the present'. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re32 Air date: Thursday, 27th Oct. 2022, 11 : 00 PM Eastern/US. ...
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RetraiceRe30: AI Progress and SurrenderTechnology might become an unacceptable solution (to anything). Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: Threat models entail building AI?; Building AI entails surrender of control?; Threat models entail surrender of control?; Do we care about control, or something less than control?; What is being done?; Re31 Paid is about World Model 5. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re30 Air date: Wednesday, 26th Oct. 2022, 11 : 45 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 Threat models entail building AI?; 0:07:08 Building AI entails surrender of control?; 0:10:52 Threat...
2022-10-2719 min
RetraiceRe29: The News and World Model 4Headlines should connect directly to our model of what's going on out there. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: about news and headlines; New York Times; Fox News; Financial Times; Wall Street Journal; BBC; Vice; TMZ. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re29 Air date: Tuesday, 25th Oct. 2022, 11 : 45 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 about news and headlines; 0:01:48 New York Times; 0:06:53 Fox News; 0:09:00 Financial Times; 0:14:58 Wall Street Journal; 0:17:19 BBC; 0:19:38 Vice; 0:22:48 TMZ.
2022-10-2624 min
RetraiceRe28: What's Good? RTFMIs the world model right, true, fit and mixed? Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: Is the world model good?; Why do you ask?; How would we know? RTFM; two problems with RTFM. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re28 Air date: Monday, 24th Oct. 2022, 11 : 50 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 Is the world model good?; 0:00:53 Why do you ask?; 0:02:24 How would we know? RTFM; 0:11:00 two problems with RTFM. Copyright: 2022 Ret...
2022-10-2513 min
RetraiceRe27: Now That's a World Model - WM4A world model should model the world. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: natural intelligence is threat modeling; self model - survivors and thrivers; motivation model - fun and doom; decisions - the two problems of life and the problem of death; nature is physics, selection and not f-ing around; strategic intelligence is game theory; artificial intelligence is computer control. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re27 Air date: Sunday, 23rd Oct. 2022, 11 : 45 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 natural intelligence is threat mod...
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RetraiceRe26: Searching The New York Times and Fox NewsBecause we're looking for something. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: World Model 3; what we're looking for; what could be there; finding it; searching 'computer control'; searching 'GNR' and 'Kurzweil'; messages, messengers and a better world model. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re26 Air date: Saturday, 22nd Oct. 2022, 11 : 55 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 World Model 3; 0:01:23 what we're looking for; 0:04:04 what could be there; 0:04:59 finding it; 0:05:56 searching 'computer control'; 0:14:14 searching 'GNR' and...
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RetraiceRe25: Reading The New York Times and Fox NewsBecause why not. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: side note - three hidden assumptions; World Model 2; the news; Eight M's - A cheatsheet for quick collection and analysis; impressions of the Times and Fox; applying the eight M's; messages and the messengers. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re25 Air date: Friday, 21st Oct. 2022, 11 : 30 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 side note - three hidden assumptions; 0:02:25 World Model 2; 0:03:08 the news; 0:06:00 eight M's - a cheatsheet for...
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RetraiceRe24: Now, Anything GoesWe're not going to talk; we're going to do. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: a crisis; World Model 1; against method; Don't talk. Do.; chimps and bonobos and inquiry; changing tacks. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re24 Air date: Thursday, 20th Oct. 2022, 11 : 20 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 a crisis; 0:01:21 World Model 1; 0:03:39 against method; 0:06:04 Don't talk. Do.; 0:07:52 chimps and bonobos and inquiry; 0:10:59 changing tacks. Copyright: 2022 Ret...
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RetraiceRe23: You Need a World ModelWhat's going on out there is hard to know and the deadlines are real. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: get serious; What the hell is he talking about?; What is a world model?; Why do we need a world model?; not winging it. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re23 Air date: Wednesday, 19th Oct. 2022, 10 : 35 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 get serious; 0:01:01 What the hell is he talking about?; 0:02:52 What is a world model?; 0:05:22 Why...
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RetraiceRe22: Computer ControlOne hypothesis to rule them all. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: eleven is a lot; simplifying and integrating; H12: Computer Control; this is going somewhere. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re22 Air date: Wednesday, 19th Oct. 2022, 12 : 15 AM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 eleven is a lot; 0:04:06 simplifying and integrating; 0:07:05 H12: Computer Control; 0:10:41 this is going somewhere. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-10-1912 min
RetraiceRe21: Time's UpReal deadlines are happening all around us, all the time. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: the darkness; 'last-time' thought experiments; good or bad; windows of opportunity. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re21 Air date: Sunday, 16th Oct. 2022, 11 : 50 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 the darkness; 0:05:46 'last-time' thought experiments; 0:12:53 good or bad; 0:16:25 windows of opportunity. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-10-1819 min
RetraiceRe20: The Deadline ProblemReal deadlines make allocating resources hard. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: do or die; the fog of the future; hypotheses and deadlines; your groups and resources; feedback loops; the Fermi paradox. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re20 Air date: Sunday, 16th Oct. 2022, 11 : 25 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 do or die; 0:02:19 the fog of the future; 0:04:21 hypotheses and deadlines; 0:10:25 your groups and resources; 0:13:13 feedback loops; 0:17:28 the Fermi paradox.
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Margin by RetraiceMa22: Delusion Hunting 2 - The RestThere are many danger zones for delusions to hide in. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: danger zones; the money; the substance of the content; Who gets listeners?; subscriptions vs. ads; solopreneurship; the production checklist; Margin itself; volitional necessity. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma22 Air date: Saturday, 15th Oct. 2022, 9 : 35 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 danger zones; 0:01:35 the money; 0:07:30 the substance of the content; 0:12:45 Who gets listeners?; 0:14:06 subscriptions vs. ads; 0:14:47 solopreneurship; 0:17:27...
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Margin by RetraiceMa21: Delusion Hunting 1 - Content DeliveryWe looked for delusions here and didn't find any. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: 'typically a symptom of mental disorder'; data is anti-delusional; getting to two hours; time and the toothbrush test; the upshot; Where's the delusion? Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma21 Air date: Friday, 14th Oct. 2022, 10 : 35 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 'typically a symptom of mental disorder'; 0:06:12 data is anti-delusional; 0:07:56 getting to two hours; 0:13:03 time and the toothbrush test; 0:18:55 the...
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Margin by RetraiceMa20: Dreams and DelusionsLife is at the mercy of imagination. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: shoulders; lesser concerns; dream size; the delusion lifecycle; the threat to dreams; I am probably massively deluded; being tough vs. being deluded; shedding delusions. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma20 Air date: Thursday, 13th Oct. 2022, 10 : 00 PM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 shoulders; 0:03:33 lesser concerns; 0:05:01 dream size; 0:07:07 the delusion lifecycle; 0:10:03 the threat to dreams; 0:10:45 I am probably massively deluded;...
2022-10-1426 min
Margin by RetraiceMa19: The ToolchainA wandering look at the details behind the website project. Subscribe at: https://paid.retraice.com Details: preliminaries; local-STEPS and server-STEPS; heat-mapping the duration of steps; distribution is the kingdom; the psychology of previous investments. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma19 Air date: Thu, 13th Oct. 2022, 1 : 20 AM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 preliminaries; 0:05:00 local-STEPS and server-STEPS; 0:18:19 heat-mapping the duration of steps; 0:21:43 distribution is the kingdom; 0:24:49 the psychology of previous investments. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc...
2022-10-1330 min
RetraiceRe19: Nature Is Not F-ing AroundWhat we think now is going to matter a lot to our future. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: simplifying the hypotheses; H12—computer control; nature; GNR, GCR, B&R; what's GOOT matters most to the future; getting it wrong. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re19 Air date: Monday, 10th Oct. 2022, 2 : 30 AM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 simplifying the hypotheses; 0:03:40 H12—computer control; 0:05:25 nature; 0:06:19 GNR, GCR, B&R; 0:10:14 what's GOOT matters most to the future; 0:12:38 gett...
2022-10-1317 min
Margin by RetraiceMa18: The WebsiteProjects can be like climbing sand dunes. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: why I do this; two purposes of this segment; Why the website?; the sand dunes. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma18 Air date: Monday, 10th Oct. 2022, 1 : 00 AM Eastern/US. 0:00:00 why I do this; 0:04:41 two purposes of this segment; 0:09:04 Why the website?; 0:13:24 the sand dunes. Copyright: 2022 Retraice, Inc. https://retraice.com
2022-10-1220 min
RetraiceRe14: Omniscience in Three DomainsOn answering the question 'What's going on out there?' Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: "what's going on out there"?; omniscience—physical, animate, mental; What are the people up to?; nonsense; sources and trust. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re14 Air date: Friday, 13th Nov. 2020, 3 : 40 PM Pacific/US. Chapters: 00:00 "what's going on out there"?; 02:38 omniscience—physical, animate, mental; 08:51 What are the people up to?; 09:56 nonsense; 12:46 sources and trust.
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Margin by RetraiceMa14: Dilemmas of AutomationOn what, when and how to automate work. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: a tough decision; the dilemma; our needs; our programming experience; kinds of automation; cost and benefit; relief and reliability; Friday. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma14 Air Date: Friday, 13th Nov. 2020, 3 : 05 PM Pacific/US. Chapters: 00:00 a tough decision; 03:26 the dilemma; 05:32 our needs; 07:44 our programming experience; 12:14 kinds of automation; 15:02 cost and benefit; 17...
2020-11-1419 min
RetraiceRe13: The Care FactorA constraint on intelligences. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: what intelligence can't do; taking care seriously; two beings, one doesn't care; `computers don't give a damn'; common-sense; existence; a tar pit of creatures and language; logical, causal and `volitional' necessity; things you're not going to do. ALSO MENTIONED (in mp3 or PDF notes): Oren Etzioni, Gary Marcus. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re13 Air date: Tuesday, 10th Nov. 2020, 1 : 25 PM Pacific/US. Chapters: 00:00 what intelligence can't do;
2020-11-1318 min
Margin by RetraiceMa13: Architecture Is a HypothesisOn passing and failing tests. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: the Screenslaver; our live audio architecture hypothesis; failure; architectural hypotheses; our response; side note—make testing fun; amendment—business wife. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma13 Air date: Tuesday, 10th Nov. 2020, 12 : 50 PM Pacific/US. Chapters: 00:00 the Screenslaver; 00:49 our live audio architecture hypothesis; 04:52 failure; 05:46 architectural hypotheses; 07:36 our response; 13:23 side note—make testing fun; 13:39 amendment—busi...
2020-11-1114 min
RetraiceRe12: Aliens and TroubleOn thinking about alien intelligences—real or not, perceived or not. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: what you think and how you think; getting in trouble; the crazies; taking the subject seriously; thinking about `them'; documents, manipulation, evidence; more difficulties. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re12 Air date: Thursday, 5th Nov. 2020, 12 : 50 PM Pacific/US. Chapters: 00:00 what you think and how you think; 00:56 getting in trouble; 03:07 the crazies; 03:43 taking the su...
2020-11-0722 min
Margin by RetraiceMa12: Quitting Your Day JobOn desire, fear and resources. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: video experiment; quitting your job; our story; the essential problem; acid and fire; what it comes down to; luck and escape; more of our story; getting out there; you're never ready; entrepreneurs are risk-takers. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma12 Air date: Thursday, 5th Nov. 2020, 11 : 25 AM Pacific/US. Chapters: 00:00 video experiment; 03:09 quitting your job; 03:55 our story; 06:36 the essential problem;
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Margin by RetraiceMa11: Month-End for October 2020 (Part 2)On data, questions, knowables and knowns. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: data is deceptive; our data; what's clear to us about our business; our key questions; you can adapt our specifics. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma11 Air date: Wednesday, 4th Nov. 2020, 1 : 55 PM Pacific/US. Chapters: 00:00 data is deceptive; 01:27 our data; 05:20 what's clear to us about our business; 14:06 our key questions; 22:44 you can adapt our specifics.
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RetraiceRe11: TravelOn where intelligent things can go, and when, and how. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: travel is smart, motion is dumb; What's the difference?; mental time travel; the marshmallow test—and trust; time travel is space travel; space and time are bizarre; drawing the intelligence line; Hinton's five-year-old experiment; other creatures; What is natural intelligence really about?; amendments and corrections—Feynman's rules, Darwin's delay. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re11 Air date: Wednesday, 4th Nov. 2020, 1 : 05 PM Pacific/US. Ch...
2020-11-0528 min
Margin by RetraiceMa10: Month-End for October 2020 (Part 1)On financial reports, budgeting and miscellanea. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: monthly reflection; money and stupid cash; our investment; three accounting reports plus one; balance sheet; outside investors; securities laws; our strategic decisions; zero day and other days; thoughts on incorporating; more on the balance sheet; thoughts on annual pricing; income statement (profit-and-loss); contents and packaging; more P&L; more `cash projections' report; cash flow statement; routine, reports, clarity. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma10 Air date: Monday, 2nd Nov. 2020, 2 : 15 PM Pacifi...
2020-11-0439 min
Margin by RetraiceMa9: A Tale of Two Banks On good and bad, nice and mean. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: `niceness is a decision'; the two banks; Bad Bank; Good Bank; Bad Bank was not nice; demanding, but incomprehensible; a year of water torture; Good Bank prioritized differently; care and outsourcing; Were they nicer?; differences; effectiveness; styles; environments; similarities—processes guarded by people; frustration on the ground; leveling up and falling down stairs; indifference at the top; questions, but the experiments can't be run; survival fitness; businesses are documents that don't care; constraints in key documents; We have to jud...
2020-11-0134 min
Margin by RetraiceMa8: Revolution Before EvolutionOn before and after launch, and the six-sigma of Bill Smith. (With a philosophical and arithmetical digression in the PDF notes.) Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: enjoy the revolution; the six-sigma of Bill Smith; defects; measurements and experiences; six-sigma literature is mostly garbage; any dissatisfaction, any `customer'; revolution is before production; Darwin's territory; precision, tolerance, and simplicity; a defect at Retraice, Inc.; checklists; don't be a wantrepreneur. ALSO MENTIONED: Apple, Google, Samsung, Tesla, Toyota, Youtube. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma8 Air date: Wednes...
2020-10-3123 min
Margin by RetraiceMa7: Reading and WritingOn detecting, navigating and creating reality in business. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: Jobs on reading what's not yet written; detection; steering; true north; effecting is not detecting; you are writing the page; you're changing what's around you; we are in business to write; So What?; when there are no widgets; a question for every business. ALSO MENTIONED (in mp3 or PDF): Jeff Bezos, Henry Ford. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma7 Air date: Monday, 26th Oct. 2020, 6 : 40 PM Pacific/US. Chapt...
2020-10-2823 min
Margin by RetraiceMa6: The Back FootOn waiting, being on defense and getting blindsided. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: today is not Monday; Sundays and Mondays; waiting; being on the defensive; tipping people over; being blindsided; you're the CEO and the janitor; war time and peace time CEOs. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma6 Air date: Sunday, 25th Oct. 2020, 08 : 20 PM Pacific/US. Chapters: 00:00 today is not Monday; 01:12 Sundays and Mondays; 06:49 waiting; 07:44 being on the defensive...
2020-10-2617 min
RetraiceRe6: InterfaceOn what AI is or isn't, and whether it's between things. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: no one knows what AI is; six questions; AI is an ocean; Herbert Simon on `the artificial'; an interface; artifacts; a battery; goals and environments; goals connected to batteries; simple and complex artifacts; amendments, corrections; Schneier was not a physicist; we got the Dulles quote on conspiracy; Russell on the small mental gaps between creatures. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re6 Air date: Sunday, 25th Oct...
2020-10-2630 min
Margin by RetraiceMa4: Assumptions (A Wrestling Match)On fundamental hypotheses, testing and MVPs. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: what you're supposed to be doing; side note—don't tell plans; your boss; wrestling with the question; 'don't make me bankrupt'; business death; assumptions we've tested; pinching; assumption 1, 2; running out of time; 'minimum viable product'; delivering the wrestling match to customers; if customers can't buy, you aren't testing; the Retraice, Inc. case; the boundaries of the MVP; now, the wrestling match; honorable mention—Linus Sebastian on competition; empty chairs and a ketchup bottle; you are the experiment; it's like AI (go...
2020-10-2251 min
Margin by RetraiceMa3: It’s Not About Love On want, need, Fridays and competition. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: you don't have to love it; double coincidence of wants; Fridays and rough spots; 'independence', capital and overhead; doing things you want to do more; flat lines and exponential curves; more entrepreneurs, more competition; blue ocean, red ocean; want and need, life and death; business and marriage; pushing a car. ALSO MENTIONED: FT M&A sharks, Facebook, FT (Financial Times), Google, Instagram, WhatsApp, Youtube. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/ma3 Air...
2020-10-2129 min
Margin by RetraiceMa2: Guessing Before Feedback On guesses vs. feedback, audience vs. customers, words vs. deeds. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: corrections, amendments, clarifications; feedback before customers; you can't test everything; spending time on guesses; side note—guessing and intelligence; you want to be intelligent; entrepreneurs everywhere; audiences are not necessarily customers; 'adding value'; ideally, you love and live your business; what audiences say vs. what they do; how to listen to customers; today—more QC; the details you miss—bubbles; customers know what you want to know. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.c...
2020-10-2129 min
Margin by RetraiceMa1: Intro to Margin; QC'ing RetraiceOn Margin, Retraice, Inc., and what we’re working on today. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: intro to Margin; purpose of Margin; unhappy with crap; Margin's value; profit; business commonalities; fast and slow movers; know your customer; paywalls, doors, windows, exteriors; in business, you're not prepared; things start out bad; at Retraice today; if you're a 'kid'; today—QC'ing segments and workflow; things trying to be crap; measures toward better; business is not about ideals; experiencing your business; hypotheses. ALSO MENTIONED: Amazon, FT (Financial Times), SpaceX, Tesla, The Information, The Social N...
2020-10-2039 min
RetraiceRe4: Trust No OneOn problems of trust: 'contrived leaks' and betrayals. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: Dunlap; main points—unintended problems and problems of trust; Sey Hersh on the CIA's `family jewels'; problems of trust—`contrived leaks' and betrayals; `contrived leaks'—when the motivation is sub-group hostility; betrayals—when the motivation is (in cause or in effect) hostile to the whole group; MICE; the havoc; moles; recap; next. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re4 Series: Dulles - Craft of Intelligence, Chpt. 15, 'Security in a Free Soc...
2020-09-1035 min
RetraiceRe3: Tell EveryoneOn problems of information: 'careless leaks' and 'giveaways'. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: main points; problems of information; problems of trust; problems of survival; problems of information—'careless leaks' and 'giveaways'; 'careless leaks'; 'giveaways'; recap; next. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re3 Dulles - Craft of Intelligence, Chpt. 15, 'Security in a Free Society', Part 2. Air date: Wednesday, 9th Sep. 2020, 7pm Pacific/US. 01:00 main points; 02:25 problems of information; 05:06 problems of trust...
2020-09-0953 min
RetraiceRe1: Three Kinds of IntelligenceOn natural, artificial and strategic intelligence; intellectual hazards; secrets. Subscribe at: paid.retraice.com Details: Russell on knowledge; Retraice; three kinds of intelligence; natural intelligence; artificial intelligence; strategic intelligence; hazards—secrets, minefields, blind spots; tests and reminders; knowledge; evidence; fallacies; secrets—likely and unlikely; the price of information; deception; intelligence in warfare; next. Complete notes and video at: https://www.retraice.com/segments/re1 Air date: Monday, 7th Sep. 2020, 3pm Pacific/US. 00:00 Russell on knowledge; 01:26 Retraice; 02:23 three kinds of intelligence; 04...
2020-09-0733 min