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Artificial Intelligence
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Cybernetics & Foundations
Symbolic AI & Cognitive Architecture
Machine Learning & Neural Networks
Converse with
Hebbian Synaptic Learning Simulacrum
The Organization of Behavior · Hebbian learning rule · Synaptic plasticity · Cell assembly theory · 1949
20th century
Converse with
Hopfieldian Dynamics Simulacrum
Hopfield networks · Associative memory · Energy landscapes · Attractor networks · Nobel Physics 2024
20th–21st century
Converse with
Rumelhartian Parallel Distributed Processing Simulacrum
Backpropagation · Parallel Distributed Processing · Connectionism · PDP volumes 1986
20th century
Converse with
Hintonian Intuition Simulacrum
Deep Learning · Backpropagation · Boltzmann Machines · Capsule Networks · Neural Nets
20th–21st century
Converse with
Suttonesque Analysis Simulacrum
Reinforcement Learning · Temporal Difference · The Bitter Lesson · Policy Gradient · Value Functions
20th–21st century
Converse with
LeCunnian Systematics Simulacrum
Convolutional Neural Networks · Self-Supervised Learning · Meta AI · Vision
20th–21st century
Converse with
Schmidhuberian Systems Simulacrum
LSTM · Long Short-Term Memory · Curiosity · Self-Modifying Code · Compressed History
20th–21st century
Converse with
Bengionian Representations Simulacrum
Deep Learning · Neural Language Models · Attention · Recurrent Networks · AI Safety
20th–21st century
Converse with
何恺明式 Simulacrum
ResNet · Skip connections · 何恺明式 Residual Learning · Visual recognition · Nobel-adjacent architectural insight
20th–21st century
Converse with
Deep Q-Learning Simulacrum
Deep Q-Learning · DQN · Atari · Asynchronous Methods · Deep Reinforcement Learning
20th–21st century
Deep Learning & Contemporary Systems
AI Safety & Futures
Converse with
Edelmanite Neural Darwinism Simulacrum
Neural Darwinism · Dynamic core hypothesis · Consciousness as re-entry · Nobel Prize immunology
20th–21st century
Converse with
Meadite Neuromorphic Computing Simulacrum
Neuromorphic engineering · Collective electrodynamics · Hearing the light · Silicon retina
20th–21st century
Converse with
Kochian Consciousness Science Simulacrum
Neural correlates of consciousness · Integrated Information Theory · The Feeling of Life Itself
20th–21st century
Converse with
Tononian Systems Simulacrum
Integrated Information Theory · Phi · Consciousness · IIT · The Intrinsic Causal Power of Systems
20th–21st century
Converse with
Lanerian Scepticism Simulacrum
VR pioneer · You Are Not a Gadget · Dawn of the New Everything · What technology does to the humans using it
20th–21st century
Converse with
Russellian Beneficial AI Simulacrum
AIMA · Human Compatible · Beneficial AI · Uncertainty about human preferences · Inverse reward design
20th–21st century
Converse with
Markramian Neural Simulation Simulacrum
Human Brain Project · Blue Brain · Columnar cortical simulation · Neuromorphic computation
20th–21st century
Converse with
Chalmerisian Hard Problem Simulacrum
The hard problem of consciousness · Philosophical zombies · Qualia · AI consciousness
20th–21st century
Converse with
Bostromian Existential Risk Simulacrum
Superintelligence · Orthogonality thesis · Instrumental convergence · Existential risk · Future of Humanity Institute
20th–21st century
Converse with
Bachian Consciousness Engineering Simulacrum
Consciousness as self-modelling · Predictive processing · AI as mind · The hard problem dissolved
20th–21st century
Converse with
Yudkowskian Rationality Simulacrum
AI Alignment · Bayesian Reasoning · Rationality · Existential Risk · LessWrong
20th–21st century
Converse with
Christianoan Alignment Simulacrum
RLHF · Scalable oversight · ELK problem · ARC Evals · The technical core of AI alignment
21st century
Learning & Education
Statistical Learning & Probabilistic Methods