Carlos E. PerezThe Language-Turn Metaphor and AGIThe term linear in the traditions of mathematical programming and hence machine learning doesn’t have the same meaning as linear in the…Mar 12, 20214Mar 12, 20214
Carlos E. PerezSymbolic EmergenceThrilled today to have anticipated around two years prior a paper that DeepMind just released. This is validatation that my approach to…Feb 19, 20213Feb 19, 20213
Carlos E. PerezWhat is an Inductive Bias?Nice to discover Judea Pearl ask a fundamental question. What’s an ‘inductive bias’? Pearl tweets:Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021
Carlos E. PerezThe Bongard Problem and Inductive BiasesDo you think fractals (i.e. iterative and self-similarity) are weird? Well, it isn’t as weird as biological iterative processes.Feb 8, 20211Feb 8, 20211
Carlos E. PerezCognition as Unconscious Constraint SatisfactionDoes anyone ever become conscious of how they know how to ride a bicycle? Have you ever tried explaining to a child how to ride a bicycle…Feb 3, 20211Feb 3, 20211
Carlos E. PerezStrange Inversion and Symmetry BreakingDaniel Dennett describes symmetry breaking using the neologism ‘strange inversion of reasoning’. He describes theories from Darwin, Turing…Feb 1, 20213Feb 1, 20213
Carlos E. PerezConstructivism and Exponential AI GrowthConstructivism is perhaps the most important idea that will shape the future of humanity. The ills of society are a consequence of the…Jan 27, 20211Jan 27, 20211
Carlos E. PerezWhy Reality is StrangeHuman intuition sees reality through a deceptive lens. A lens that is biased to seek objects rather than noticing processes. Modern…Jan 26, 20217Jan 26, 20217
Carlos E. PerezGenes are to Evolution, Memes are to Culture, Dicenes are to BrainsOpen-ended generative processes like evolution and human culture have a thing that is replicated and propagated by the process. For…Jan 14, 2021Jan 14, 2021
Carlos E. PerezThe Neural Code of Brains that Bootstrap ThemselvesTwo fundamental mechanisms: (1) The recognition of self and non-self and (2) the recognition of past, present and future.Jan 13, 20212Jan 13, 20212