I’ve had this idea in my mind for many years to build a new type of place where animals can live. I call it the “Cognitive Animal Farm”. It is not really a farm, it is half science lab and half sanctuary where animals can live. I would imagine the types of animals would be… Continue reading The Cognitive Animal Farm
Month: December 2021
Practice daily reflection with a journal to accelerate ANYTHING
Every morning after I look at my review wall and before I start my day, I reflect on how yesterday went and how do I want today to be. I have a white board on my wall where I have a list of questions that I ask myself: Did I do my best? What is… Continue reading Practice daily reflection with a journal to accelerate ANYTHING
plan out your future ten years from now
I just went through an exercise to out my life 10 years from now. I vividly imagined and wrote out what my life would look like 10 years from today, December 22, 2031. I used this as a template: https://yourtenyearplan.com/ . In case the link disappears, basically ask yourself in detail: where are you living?… Continue reading plan out your future ten years from now
Never use the dominant browser
For many years now I use a browser with a smaller marketshare than the leader. In the early days of the internet, that was Firefox. When Chrome was a new thing, I switched to that for a long time and eventually went to Safari. Eventually I had to switch off Safari because I was on… Continue reading Never use the dominant browser
Watch a movie when you need some extra inspiration
When I want to reinvigorate and motivate myself, I rewatch a movie that inspires me to push harder. For me that movie is Gattaca. The movie was released over 25 years ago in 1997 (wow, time is flying)! The movie is set in the near future. The protagonist, Vincent is born the outdated natural way,… Continue reading Watch a movie when you need some extra inspiration
Autonomous vehicles will NOT bring us true Artificial Intelligence
There is a fierce debate on whether autonomous vehicles are possible because driving requires all the sophistication of human intelligence. The argument is there are too many variables and situations that require human level intelligence, therefore either we never get autonomous vehicles or we solve artificial general intelligence (AGI). We will absolutely have autonomous vehicles… Continue reading Autonomous vehicles will NOT bring us true Artificial Intelligence
Tailoring your information diet on reddit
I love reddit for surfing the internet around specific topics. I subscribe to 30+ topics like /r/cogsci and /r/compsci. I I noticed that reading reddit would change my mood, I would become more anxious and excited reading about certain topics. A lot of my subreddits are technology and science related and so I would get… Continue reading Tailoring your information diet on reddit
Heuristics to know if we have reached true human level artificial intelligence
The Turing test is the main test we use to test computer intelligence, and its not very good. There are other heuristics we can use to know if a computer system has reached human level intelligence: it can recognize itself versus the environment. It can recognize the concept of “I”, the self. It most likely… Continue reading Heuristics to know if we have reached true human level artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is just a marketing term
Everyday we hear of a new company or product that has Artificial Intelligence (AI) in it. Cars with AI, calculators with AI, food kits with AI, cameras with AI, cell phones with AI, cups with AI, kitchens with AI, microwaves with AI, and the list keeps growing. What exactly are these companies adding? Most of… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence is just a marketing term
On eliminating negative thoughts – Can your glass always be half full?
Our monkey minds are constantly commenting on everything around us. Some of thoughts can be very negative and send us into a downward spiral. I’ve been experimenting with noticing these negative thoughts and seeing if I can think about some positive aspect of that thought. For example if I get annoyed about waiting in line,… Continue reading On eliminating negative thoughts – Can your glass always be half full?