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Is “Initial Use of Force” an Easy-to-Vary Explanation?
Morality

Is “Initial Use of Force” an Easy-to-Vary Explanation?

Posted on January 15, 2021January 13, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

Libertarians claim that the foundational moral principle of libertarianism is that it is immoral to “initiate force.” This concept of “initial use of force” –…

Do Most Citizens See Governments as Involuntary?
Economics

Do Most Citizens See Governments as Involuntary?

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

An argument made by anarcho-capitalists is that anarcho-capitalism can be thought of as the idea that we should prefer voluntary interactions over non-voluntary ones. Because…

Georgia Tech’s Deep Learning Course
Artificial Intelligence

Georgia Tech’s Deep Learning Course

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

I was already signed up for Computer Vision when word came that there would be a new Deep Learning class next semester. I quickly got…

Do Humans Have an “Inductive Bias”?
Artifical General Intelligence

Do Humans Have an “Inductive Bias”?

Posted on January 11, 2021January 7, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

I wrote a post asking if humans had ‘inductive biases’ in the same sense that machine learning algorithms do. My conclusion was that they do…

Humans and Induction: Heuristics vs Explanations
Artifical General Intelligence

Humans and Induction: Heuristics vs Explanations

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

In a past post, I made the claim that Induction was subsumed by Critical Rationalism and that all cases of induction ‘working’ are really cases…

Trump and Truth: Induction vs Critical Rationalism
Critical Rationalism

Trump and Truth: Induction vs Critical Rationalism

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

Despite appearances, this post isn’t intended as a political post. I simply utilized the example that led to the thought that inspired the post. We…

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 12: Artificial Intelligence vs Artificial General Intelligence
Artifical General Intelligence

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 12: Artificial Intelligence vs Artificial General Intelligence

Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

In the last episode, we showed that Artificial General Intelligence was possible according to the laws of physics. This episode is part 1 of a…

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 11: The Turing Principle and Artificial General Intelligence
Artifical General Intelligence

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 11: The Turing Principle and Artificial General Intelligence

Posted on December 31, 2020December 30, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

Part 3 of our series on Computational Theory. Using the theory we’ve built up, we now prove that Artificial General Intelligence is possible due to…

Jeremy Howard’s Run-In With Codes of Conduct
Morality

Jeremy Howard’s Run-In With Codes of Conduct

Posted on December 28, 2020December 22, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

I am planning to sign up for Jeremy Howard’s Fast.AI Deep Learning courses. They are rumored to be excellent and, after finishing my Deep Learning…

Theory of Anything Podcast Episode 10: What Use is Computational Theory?
Computation

Theory of Anything Podcast Episode 10: What Use is Computational Theory?

Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

In the last episode, we gave you the basic theory. Now we’re going to show you how Computational Theory is actually used in real life.…

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