Carlos E. PerezDall-E and Wittgenstein’s Picture Theory of MeaningLudwig Wittgenstein’s picture theory of meaning (aka the picture theory of meaning), is a theory of linguistic meaning articulated by in…Jan 6, 20212Jan 6, 20212
Carlos E. PerezA New Book on the Emergence of Empathy and Therefore General IntelligenceIt is early 2020 and the world is on a trajectory towards a global pandemic across covering 5 continents. Despite humanity’s incredible…Feb 29, 2020Feb 29, 2020
Carlos E. PerezNano-Empathic Emergence — A Different Kind of Meta-LearningDeep Learning researchers like to use the moniker ‘Meta Learning’ as a catch-all expression for “learning how to learn”. I’ve written…Dec 30, 20192Dec 30, 20192
Carlos E. PerezHow Reasoning Emerges from IntuitionLeft unanswered is the question of how human reasoning emerges from an intuition machine.Dec 28, 20194Dec 28, 20194
Carlos E. PerezDeep Learning and an Information Theory of AgingBy sheer serendipity, I stumbled upon David Sinclair (@davidasinclair) information theory of aging. Sinclair has spent his career in the…Dec 21, 20194Dec 21, 20194
Carlos E. PerezScaling to AGI via the Emergent Self and ConversationsThe oddest thing about Artificial Neural Networks is that they actually work despite being based on a completely false model of a…Nov 3, 20192Nov 3, 20192
Carlos E. PerezHumans are Empathy Machines“We Are Not Thinking Machines. We Are Feeling Machines That Think.” — Antonio DamasioNov 3, 20193Nov 3, 20193
Carlos E. PerezIn Search of a Universal Theory of IntelligenceRicard Sole is wondering how biological brains can be compared with electronic computers. They are of course different, but he wonders how…Oct 21, 20196Oct 21, 20196
Carlos E. PerezA New Information Theory of Consciousness and MotivationThe folks at ARAYA in Japan have published a new theory of consciousness called Information Closure Theory (ICT) ( see…Oct 8, 20194Oct 8, 20194
Carlos E. PerezBridging the Semantic Gap via Symbol DetachmentIn my previously described Capability Maturity Model for Deep Learning, I discussed hybrid systems at Level II. Dual Process (or Hybrid)…Oct 7, 20191Oct 7, 20191