Monthly Archives: May 2008

Thinking about ethical AGI

Posted on 22 May, 2008 by Shane Legg

I don’t trust philosophical arguments all that much. I think this comes from studying mathematics. To start with I try to see or feel a result and I then use this to either understand the essence of an existing proof, … Continue reading →

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Aliens may be free from original sin

Posted on 14 May, 2008 by Shane Legg

Father Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, recently wrote in the official Vatican newspaper that aliens may indeed exist.  Just as I was trying to wrap my head around how these two world views could be integrated, Funes went on … Continue reading →

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SciPy – some more thoughts

Posted on 9 May, 2008 by Shane Legg

With over 20,000 visitors in 2 days I discovered what my poor web server’s maximum capacity is: about 70 visitors a minute.  It doesn’t sound like that much to me, but a number of times I had to ask my … Continue reading →

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SciPy – the embarrassing way to code

Posted on 6 May, 2008 by Shane Legg

I’ve programmed in many languages before, indeed I’ve spent at least a year working in Basic, C, C++, C#, java, assembler, modula-2, powerhouse and prolog.  One thing I’ve never done before is Matlab, well except a few basic exercises for … Continue reading →

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post-Americanism

Posted on 5 May, 2008 by Shane Legg

While I’m on the topic of economics, I found Fareed Zakaria’s Newsweek article The Rise of the Rest to be an interesting take on some of the global changes that are taking place.

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Finance and the singularity

Posted on 4 May, 2008 by Shane Legg

I found Peter Thiel’s talk from the 2007 Singularity Summit interesting.  Are rapid technological changes a driving force behind some of the world’s financial turbalance?  Perhaps the dot-com bubble was a case of pre-singularity jitters?

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Lenovo T61p + 64 bit Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on 2 May, 2008 by Shane Legg

When I was looking for a new laptop last year I appreciated reading other people’s candid views on their recent purchases, thus I thought I’d write a post to contribute back. I ended up getting a Lenovo T61p. Specs: Core2 … Continue reading →

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