Sentience and Artificial General Intelligence

The concept of sentience is closely tied to the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Sentience refers to the ability of a being to have subjective experiences, such as consciousness, emotions, and self-awareness. As AGI systems become increasingly...

Applied Game Theory

“The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law.” — Henri Poincaré Strategy can be viewed as a transitiveness in constrained conflicts, representing an...

Chaos

“We ought then to regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its anterior state and as the cause of the one which is to follow. Given for one instant an intelligence which could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated and the respective...

GAMES, STRATEGY, AND CHAOS: Chaos and Applied Game Theory

Games are competitive interactions between players governed by a set of rules that structure the gameplay to facilitate achieving prescribed goals or objectives. In some cases, the aim is to overcome an obstacle. A key characteristic of games is strategy, an enduring...

Neural Engines and Memory

“I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activities” — Goethe Memory is a critical component of logic, as reasonable statements require memory support to be effective in any context. For example, consider the summation...

Frames and Frame-Systems

“Minds are simply what brains do.”“A frame is a data structure for representing a stereotyped situation.”— Marvin Lee Minsky Marvin Minsky, co-founder of the MIT AI Lab and an early pioneer of artificial intelligence, advocates for non-hierarchical, decentralized...