[FRIAM] the good news is, it will be over soon

2022-05-18 Thread Marcus Daniels
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Re: [FRIAM] the good news is, it will be over soon

2022-05-18 Thread glen
https://smmry.com/https://www.deepmind.com/publications/a-generalist-agent#&SM_LENGTH=2 The agent, which we refer to as Gato, works as a multi-modal, multi-task, multi-embodiment generalist policy. Gato is trained on a large number of datasets comprising agent experience in both simulated and

Re: [FRIAM] quotes and questions

2022-05-18 Thread Steve Smith
Glen - [⛧] "Pretending" isn't the best word, here. I mean something more like "suspending disbelief" or "steelmanning". But I'm using "pretend" because it evokes the *play* we do, especially as children. When Renee's granddaughter pretends her Barbie dolls are real people, she's not "faking

Re: [FRIAM] summer reading

2022-05-18 Thread Steve Smith
At the suggestion of JennyQ I am (re)reading Russel Shorto's "Amsterdam: A History of the Worlds Most Liberal City"... in response to the topic of you interviews and e-mail here, I liked the way he spoke of "freedom" and "liberty" in the context of the formation of Amsterdam and the Netherlands

Re: [FRIAM] quotes and questions

2022-05-18 Thread Steve Smith
EricS - I don't know if this (or anything else I babble about) is useful, but I offer it anyway in an (usually failed) attempt at succinctness. I do believe that much if not all paradigm-transcending ideas begin as being indistinguishable from mysticism, perhaps by definition.  They exist *o

Re: [FRIAM] quotes and questions

2022-05-18 Thread Steve Smith
I think I agree with both of you. As Mary and I navigate our way through our great European Vacation, we are both learning how to "read" public transportation, etc.   Since she is much more able to hoof arbitrarily long distances with minimal comfort, a 2km hike to get from one terminal of pub

Re: [FRIAM] the good news is, it will be over soon

2022-05-18 Thread Steve Smith
On 5/18/22 7:12 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: https://www.deepmind.com/publications/a-generalist-agent I saw that, thought of this list, and am glad you beat me to it.  I won't rattle on anymore about it except to say that I think if it is "almost over" it is in fact, already "long since over", we

Re: [FRIAM] quotes and questions

2022-05-18 Thread Marcus Daniels
Another thing that rubs me the wrong way about some folks with a "conviction for the ineffable" is the suggestion that those with a lack of conviction don't experience the world in just a rich of way. It is just a sort of character assassination to suggest that those that are disciplined enoug

Re: [FRIAM] quotes and questions

2022-05-18 Thread Steve Smith
Marcus - I am sympathetic with your delineated point of view from both sides of the arguement.  I am painfully aware of the damage that "woo" peddlers can do and yet I also spent a career facilitating the intuition of hard scientists and engineers in what was often a thankless context. My ca

Re: [FRIAM] quotes and questions

2022-05-18 Thread Marcus Daniels
Steve, They have had some tough lessons about testing and software quality, but they still really have very little interest in improving the situation. The dysfunction serves them as well as the peripheral projects like viz in a way -- the usual warlords get more money forever. Why be efficie

[FRIAM] Reminder

2022-05-18 Thread Frank Wimberly
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[FRIAM] Zoom URL

2022-05-18 Thread Frank Wimberly
Here's the address http://bit.ly/virtualfriam --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, May 18, 2022, 9:25 PM Frank Wimberly wrote: > > > > > The Thursday morning Zoom Friam meeting will begin shortly before 10:30. >> The link is below in