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Re: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

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Post by LVL96 »

wincy wrote: post #36
_rpxpx wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“When I began to navigate psychospace with LSD, I realized that before we were conscious, seemingly self-propelled human beings, many tapes and corridors had been created in our minds and reflexes which were not of our own making. These patterns and tapes laid down in our consciousness are walled off from each other. I see it as a vast labyrinth with high walls sealing off the many directives created by our personal…

I feel like if all the things people believe and espouse about hallucinogens were true and not just the effect of permanently damaging your mind, with the illusion of wisdom, we’d be able to point at all the revolutionary scientific breakthroughs and discoveries made under the influence of hallucinogenic substances. However, everyone I’ve met who admits to having taken hallucinogens seems reduced in some way, rather…

This was sort of my experience with LSD. It just broke me. I fell into a deep depression afterward, but the reason was only partly due to damaging my mind. The other part of it was that the LSD made me realize where my life was going, and how completely unfulfilled I'd end up being in 10-20 years. In that way, it helped me course-correct. I'm healthier, more honest with myself, and got back into college because of the experience.

But it did damage my mind. I have mild to moderate anhedonia now. Weed hits me completely differently now (feels more like strong caffeine + brain fog instead of any pleasure). I lost my desire to write creatively.

Re: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

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Post by gruntbuggly »

wincy wrote: post #36
_rpxpx wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“When I began to navigate psychospace with LSD, I realized that before we were conscious, seemingly self-propelled human beings, many tapes and corridors had been created in our minds and reflexes which were not of our own making. These patterns and tapes laid down in our consciousness are walled off from each other. I see it as a vast labyrinth with high walls sealing off the many directives created by our personal…

I feel like if all the things people believe and espouse about hallucinogens were true and not just the effect of permanently damaging your mind, with the illusion of wisdom, we’d be able to point at all the revolutionary scientific breakthroughs and discoveries made under the influence of hallucinogenic substances. However, everyone I’ve met who admits to having taken hallucinogens seems reduced in some way, rather…

A fair observation, but real assumptions about progress, what it means, and what is valuable

Re: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

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Post by devmor »

bongodongobob wrote: post #40
wincy wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like if all the things people believe and espouse about hallucinogens were true and not just the effect of permanently damaging your mind, with the illusion of wisdom, we’d be able to point at all the revolutionary scientific breakthroughs and discoveries made under the influence of hallucinogenic substances. However, everyone I’ve met who admits to having taken hallucinogens seems reduced in some way, rather…

It happens all the time. DNA double helix is a good example. You really think people are going to mention their drug use in white papers? I think not. Nothing to gain and everything to lose.

The record of a scientific discovery that is heavily criticized for plagiarism and falsehoods is probably not a good example, actually.

Re: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

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Post by mnky9800n »

woolion wrote: post #14
mnky9800n wrote: post #5

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I wonder if one could organize an arXiv print service that binds and prints and ships with a unique cover and such. Also it should use LLMs and the blockchain. But this would be nice there are a number of papers and such that if you could submit an arXiv link to a print service I would probably buy a copy. I wonder why no one does it.

Aren't you describing Lulu but for the very niche case of arxiv publications that are small books but not published as books? I think you could do it in a weekend with their API.

yes thats what i thought after the post. haha.

Re: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

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Post by sunami-ai »

I found Gaussian Processes with the right kernel to be very powerful with even just a few data points and a very small set of parameters. I don't know if I was using it correctly tbh, but it worked out great in predicting values that I could not predict so accurately. I used it as a predictable yet non-linear process to tweak the input in a computer vision task. The proof was literally in the pudding.

Re: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

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Post by _rpxpx »

wincy wrote: post #36
_rpxpx wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“When I began to navigate psychospace with LSD, I realized that before we were conscious, seemingly self-propelled human beings, many tapes and corridors had been created in our minds and reflexes which were not of our own making. These patterns and tapes laid down in our consciousness are walled off from each other. I see it as a vast labyrinth with high walls sealing off the many directives created by our personal…

I feel like if all the things people believe and espouse about hallucinogens were true and not just the effect of permanently damaging your mind, with the illusion of wisdom, we’d be able to point at all the revolutionary scientific breakthroughs and discoveries made under the influence of hallucinogenic substances. However, everyone I’ve met who admits to having taken hallucinogens seems reduced in some way, rather…

There are lots of examples, you've just decided not to see them. Just for a start, here's an account by Ralph Abraham of the impact of psychedelics on mathematics. http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%23124.Maps/maps2.pd...

Re: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

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Post by bongodongobob »

devmor wrote: post #43
bongodongobob wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It happens all the time. DNA double helix is a good example. You really think people are going to mention their drug use in white papers? I think not. Nothing to gain and everything to lose.

The record of a scientific discovery that is heavily criticized for plagiarism and falsehoods is probably not a good example, actually.

Well here's one: tons of people do drugs. It's not even a question whether or not drugs have inspired discoveries. They obviously have.

Re: Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence

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Post by ivansavz »

woolion wrote: post #14
mnky9800n wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if one could organize an arXiv print service that binds and prints and ships with a unique cover and such. Also it should use LLMs and the blockchain. But this would be nice there are a number of papers and such that if you could submit an arXiv link to a print service I would probably buy a copy. I wonder why no one does it.

Aren't you describing Lulu but for the very niche case of arxiv publications that are small books but not published as books? I think you could do it in a weekend with their API.

If anyone is interested in trying this, here is some Python starter code you might find useful: https://github.com/minireference/lulu-api-client?tab=readme-...

This worked four years ago when the API was still launched, but there might have been changes since, so no guarantees.

Most ArXiv PDFs are probably lulu-printable out of the box, but to make a general solution, one would probably need to do some pre-processing with ghostscript (gs), e.g. embed all fonts and flatten images (no transparency).

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