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Who is a Philosopher?

Who is a Philosopher?

“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school..
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Gagan Saxena
On Artificial Memory Augmentation

On Artificial Memory Augmentation

Our memories are still our own, but for how long?
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Gagan Saxena
The Man vs Machine Cease-fire Line

The Man vs Machine Cease-fire Line

Don’t kid yourself. The war is on and we need a cease-fire line to reach across and shake hands.
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Gagan Saxena
No need to be just efficient

No need to be just efficient

So why the big deal about efficiency when all I need be is effective first?
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Gagan Saxena
Current AI revolution would not be possible without enablers.

Current AI revolution would not be possible without enablers.

We now have cheaper, powerful, miniaturized computing; increasing streams of accessible data; higher consumer expectations with digital…
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Gagan Saxena
“Self-preservation design” of the blockchain is threatened by quantum computing with its potential…

“Self-preservation design” of the blockchain is threatened by quant...

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Gagan Saxena
No mining needed. Knowledge already stored as Data

No mining needed. Knowledge already stored as Data

While AI is becoming smarter by slurping up all knowledge in its cave somewhere, our ‘dumb’ systems already use knowledge stored as ‘data’.
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Gagan Saxena
May I get a kilogram of grade-200 knowledge to go please?

May I get a kilogram of grade-200 knowledge to go please?

“I don’t have time to connect to the knowledge-pump right now. So, I will just take the jar today. And also this medium coffee, please…
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Gagan Saxena
Younger Robots Learn by Imagining from Sketches

Younger Robots Learn by Imagining from Sketches

Seems a series of good-enough sketches are more effective in building general intelligence — as opposed to most current machine learning…
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Gagan Saxena
Target One for Machines: Human Knowledge

Target One for Machines: Human Knowledge

So, what parts of the human brain are machines targeting first? And how?
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Gagan Saxena
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