Essay Competition: On the Principles of Intelligence c/o AI-SGES list

On December 17, 1903, two brothers from Dayton,
Ohio, named Wilbur and Orville Wright,
were successful in flying an airplane they built.

Dear all,

Around 1500, Leonardo da Vinci published his sketches of an aircraft with rounded wings, and in 1783 the first manned hot-air balloon took off. It wasn't until 1905 – over 4'000 years after the oldest known depiction of human flight was carved in clay – that the Wright Brothers took off for the first sustained, controlled, and heavier-than-air crewed flight. From today's point of view, the principles of aerodynamics necessary to build operational aircraft seem relatively trivial.

But only in retrospect are the results of such breakthroughs considered part of the 'obvious'. In 1957, psychologist Frank Rosenblatt published the first paper on trainable neural networks. Since then, humans have walked on the moon, the internet has been invented, and smart devices have been built to fit in our pockets – but neural networks have still not led to human-level artificial intelligence. Neural networks appear like wings that fly for a short time but then drop like a stone when confronted with unknown tasks. Therefore, we'd like to propose moving away from the current hype around neural networks and ask you more fundamentally:

Which fundamental principles of intelligence must be considered in the successful design of artificial intelligence?

The appropriate example from aviation would be: "What are the core aspects of flight that must be considered in the successful design of aircraft?" (One possible answer: As a curved airfoil wing flies through the sky, it deflects air and alters the air pressure above and below it. When moving forward, the curved upper part of the wing lowers the air pressure directly above it, so it moves upward.)

With that in mind, we challenge you to write an essay of 2'000 to 3'000 words and become the Wright Brothers in the field of AI! Whether you answer the question from a philosophical, biological, computational, mathematical, neuroscientific, psychological, social, or any other perspective is up to you. We value novel and insightful arguments that are useful in the field of AI.

Go to https://lab42.global/essay/ and hand in your essay by 23:59 GMT on December 31, 2022. The best essays are rewarded with 3'500 USD in total.

Best regards

Oliver Schmid
oliver.schmid AT lab42.global

https://lab42.global/essay

[Do read the guidance on the website. PJ]

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original credit - inc. Library of Congress

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Seeds in 'architecture' i

For many years I've held a copy of:

Younés, Samir. “Constructing Architectural Theory.” Philosophy 78, no. 304 (2003): 233–53. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3752046.

Previously, missing a few (photocopied) pages, the paper is now complete as I continue to sort and clear 'stuff'.

Recto: The heart compared to a seed.
Verso: The vessels of liver, spleen
and kidneys c.1508

There is something dynamic, literally world-defining* in architecture, a view that has influenced my thoughts about Hodges' model, and it appears other disciplines.

The source lost, I recall reading somewhere about a trend of  'architecture' being added to titles and disciplines. It may have been in an information technology, programming source, but I'm not sure. The point made, was that when this is the case the result is NOT architecture. If you have a source for such ideas I would love to hear from you.

This statement probably stood out, because I'm guilty too:

'architect-ure' - care architecture, care design ...

Buildings are fascinating, sometimes as important as the art inside, getting from side A to B and so on. If properly curated though the building shouldn't overwhelm the work inside? While I love the arts, drawing and painting, Leonardo's technical work is awesome, as witnessed in Oxford and London, I was never keen on 'technical drawing' at school. It's not in my nature to blame the teacher, but - for once - I was a runner not a footballer. In hindsight, the time was almost up on technical drawing as we were taught in the 1970s and Leonardo, well he is in another class.

In health and social care, we plan and plan again; and resort to design (case formulation) too.

So, models and frameworks - anyone..?

The axes of the model are like a mast.

The care (knowledge) domains - with their nebulous edges - are like sails.

The concepts (data, information, disinformation, uncertainty, null! ...)
caught in the domains are the wind that drives, disrupts, or in its absence bestills us.

The direction of travel the context, the situation - always adjusting.

And often subject to change, misdirection and correction.

ii Seeds in 'architecture'.

*A potential for good or ill.

Leonardo: models, limbs and spirit

On the 3rd February I headed off to London for the weekend to visit the National Gallery with (two) tickets for the Leonardo exhibition. This was an amazing experience on the Saturday afternoon. The exhibition was small in terms of room sizes and across two floors, but it was very busy and warm even with timed ticketed entry. The show comprised much more than the main exhibits; the drawings, several inspired works by Leonardo's students and audio commentary adding context. Text descriptions and several quotations also proved informative:

A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he has to represent it by the attitude and movement of the limbs.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Nursing: Art and Science ... Fra Angelico to Leonardo



Catalogue image source:
http://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/products/leonardo_exhibition/leonardo_da_vinci_exhibition_catalogue/p_leonardoEC

Nursing: Art and Science ... Fra Angelico to Leonardo

I arrived in London at noon in preparation for the Higher Education Academy mental health SIG meeting tomorrow at King's College, which includes a presentation on the health career model.

The afternoon was spent at The British Museum exhibition Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance drawings

Early in the life of W2tQ visits to the Tate in London and Liverpool prompted a blog post or two.

Visiting this stunning exhibition even before I fastened and feasted on the first drawing, the subtitled walls announced the various exhibition themes and for me instantly suggested links to health care:

Drawing the father of our three arts -
architecture, sculpture and painting
Georgio Vasari. Lives of the Artists, 1568.

sculpture equates to medicine-surgery

painting to nursing

our care models provide the architecture and palette*

We all draw (model) individually in thought and reflection, these are then shared in our various collaborations and engagements, media forms and records.

Do we need a 21st century renaissance
in the study and appreciation of models of care?

*Red, Green, Blue, (Black & White)
There are a few more prospective posts arising from this museum visit - time - will draw them out.