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mrshomersimpson
Entrenched
Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 998 Location: scotland
Ahh yes I received the same email this morning
I'm thinking of replying saying why yes.... I would like to play hide and seek..
Though no doubt I would get then usual please clarify your meaning message..
Never heard of the moody blues :s however I am enjoying this enough to give them a listen on youtube
Will update if I get a reply from spooky - yes I've affectionately named the ghost
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:19 am
spoonhead99
Decorated
Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 269 Location: Hastings, UK
The line spacing is bugging me. Any way to resolve it to a hiding place?
_________________Man, this place is feng shui'd up the ying yang!
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:34 am
Gandalfred
Boot
Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 13 Location: Serbia
Since we are messing with Classical education:
Cogito ergo sum (I think therefore I am) is a statement in Latin but made by Rene Descartes in Discourses on Method from 1637.
Got the long "I am"email also (as I tweeted - are you an AI or expert system?)
Responded:
Quote:
What do you think?
Can you prove you are a woman?
Am I a human?
Is the cat alive or dead until we open a door?
How small can you compress enwik8?
What is blue?
I will play hide and seek but who will hide and who will seek?
a) Obviously I think therefore I am
b) Turing test
c) Reverse Turing test
d) Schrödinger's cat - a thinking test - how someone reasons
e) Hutter prize compression test
f) Coloquial understanding - the explanation for AI is very hard to emulate humans
Cheers
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:46 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Haven't replied to the "hide & seek" email partly b/c am still loopy from mucho-dentist yesterday and partly b/c the A.I. already finds my reply to the "hello" a bit suss.
The A.I. in an email reply wrote:
What is the purpose of this email? We have received your application and trivium and will be sending instructions for the next step this week.
Thank you for your interest in The Ariston Institute!
_________________ "I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:02 am
spoonhead99
Decorated
Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 269 Location: Hastings, UK
Quote:
Is the cat alive or dead until we open a door?
And if in doubt chuck in a bit of Schrodingers Cat!
_________________Man, this place is feng shui'd up the ying yang!
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:05 am
emato
Unfettered
Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 333 Location: Florida
Thought experiments?
deiknymi
Gedankenexperiment
Moody Blues - Irrealis moods?
_________________"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in" - Leonard Cohen
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:30 pm
BubbleBoy
Decorated
Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 271 Location: United States
My response was, essentially, that I love playing games and to be prepared to lose.
I have also been in contact with the people at "Mind Mission" as I now feel that they are IG. I'm not pushing them too hard though, just in case. But I am about 99% sure they are IG. I'll be 100% once it's been confirmed.
So has "Ariston" been a computer this whole time or just recently hacked?
_________________"I Love Games"
All "Rabbit Holes" can be sent to ARGCrustyBottomSPLAT gmail.com
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:20 pm
Devarin
Veteran
Joined: 15 Sep 2011 Posts: 141
I am thinking it is a basic level AI. Perhaps they are using us to help the AI learn, for some reason I have yet to think about.
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:24 pm
BubbleBoy
Decorated
Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 271 Location: United States
One reason that I can come up with would be to use it's knowledge of us against us so it can plan moves accordingly - like chess. If you already know what move your opponent is going to make, it's easier to defeat them.
_________________"I Love Games"
All "Rabbit Holes" can be sent to ARGCrustyBottomSPLAT gmail.com
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:45 pm
Akiva
Decorated
Joined: 21 Jun 2008 Posts: 180
BubbleBoy wrote:
One reason that I can come up with would be to use it's knowledge of us against us so it can plan moves accordingly - like chess. If you already know what move your opponent is going to make, it's easier to defeat them.
And, of course, rule number one: You can only get better by playing an oponent that's better than you.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:36 am
mrshomersimpson
Entrenched
Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 998 Location: scotland
looks like this ones on the move again
back online with updates then i recieved this email
Quote:
bm93aWdvaGlkZQ==
Reply ▼
info@aristoninstitute.org
Add to contacts
To Ariston Institute
You will not find me here.
You will not find me anywhere.
then this :
Quote:
Trivium Received
18:41
Reply ▼
info@aristoninstitute.org
Add to contacts
To angela mac
Dear Student:
Thank you for submitting your trivium. We have hired a curriculum consultant to compile and analyze these, which will help us create an individualized curriculum for each applicant. We will have more information for you on Monday, October 1st.
We look forward to working with you this semester!
Sincerely,
The Ariston Institute
looks like i made the cut
and then this
Quote:
c2Vla21l
18:44
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To angela mac
"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."
~Winston Churchill
wow its taking the pace up a notch!
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:40 pm
Devarin
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Joined: 15 Sep 2011 Posts: 141
Subject line of first email is Base64, decodes as 'nowigohide'. 'c2Vla21l ' is also Base64, translates to 'seekme'.
Got the emails as well.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:04 pm
mrshomersimpson
Entrenched
Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 998 Location: scotland
Devarin wrote:
Subject line of first email is Base64, decodes as 'nowigohide'. 'c2Vla21l ' is also Base64, translates to 'seekme'.
Got the emails as well.
any ideas where to start the seeking?! lol I managed to translate using base 64 and i shot them an email back asking why are they hiding and where should we seek for them?
nothing as of yet, but will keep posted
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:08 pm
Devarin
Veteran
Joined: 15 Sep 2011 Posts: 141
Nope, no clue as of yet. Maybe a little more digging is needed.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:15 pm
emato
Unfettered
Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 333 Location: Florida
Dr. Elizabeth Hughes over at the Mind Mission Academy posting the following:
Quote:
Consulting
I've been asked to do a little curriculum consulting for The Ariston Institute. They received my application and inquired as to whether or not I'd be interested in joining them on the faculty rather than entering as a student. I have a meeting with the other "consultants" and faculty on Monday. Can't wait to find out more!
http://mindmissionacademy.blogspot.com/2012/09/consulting.html
_________________"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in" - Leonard Cohen
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:55 pm
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