Onwards, 2024.

For my presentation at the annual DMLF meeting,
''AI & Alan Turing'', read on here.

In October, autumn followed, see here.
Emergent [1], like everything else in the world...,
from something else, or nothing, see here.

Indeed, it is a strange world out there. So, we should
all make plans to prepare ourselves for what lies ahead...
Perhaps, with a little help from ChatGPT.

For more about Large Language Models, and a little bit about Holland,
see impressions from my January 2024 trip to Rotterdam,
here & here.

And lets not forget the robots, they are also part of our (coming) world.
See my report from a trip to a robot warehouse
(A little unsure about it all? Well, take a look at RoboPhilosophy 2024).

See, also, my report from Edinburgh, Scotland, with a meeting
with Ameca, a humanoid robot.

Finally, how to, make field painting fast, fun, and flawless...
with robots...
See here.

AI & Alan Turing.

At the annual DMLF meeting (IT Teachers meeting),
I gave a presentation about ''AI & Alan Turing''.
Munkebjerg, Vejle. September 28th, 2023.

Slides from the presentation are attached here:
AI & Alan Turing (e).

       Dmlf Program. September, 2023.
The title for my part was later changed to (something like)
''AI in industry & education, with a little help from Alan Turing,
in order to find a way
''...

       Dmlf, Munkebjerg. September, 2023.

                    Visit to the Alan Turing Memorial in Manchester

                 Visit to Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, UK.


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AI & Alan Turing (Via).

March 14th, 2024.

Again, in March, I gave a presentation
about ''AI & Alan Turing''.

This time at ''VIA University College'', Aarhus.
The audience were ''Industry 4.0'' classes (spring 2024),
enrolled in the (Pba) Value Chain Management program.


Slides from the presentation can be seen here:
AI & Alan Turing (Via Presentation) (e).

                    Via University College.

        Via University College.

                    Via University College.

           Via University College.


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Autumn 2023.

October 2023. Autumn holidays.
Chilly. København, Denmark.

                    Denmark.

    Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.

          Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.

  Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.

          Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.

                    Planetarium. Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.

          Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.

                    Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.

          Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.

                      Autumn holiday, October 2023. Copenhagen, Denmark.


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Horror Vacui.

Horror Vacui (Latin, fear of empty space) goes back to Aristotelian physics,
where the thinking was that natural forces tries to fill empty space with matter.
After Newton (1687), we were supposed to have left many of these Aristotelian concepts beyond.

But, well, perhaps not entirely.
In the book ''The theory about Nothing'' (A book about the theoretical physicist
Holger Bech Nielsen, and his theories), we learn that ''nothing''
is everything but ''nothing'', and that all sorts of weird things
can happen in the vacuum (''nothing'').

The horrors (in the book) start with the Reeh–Schlieder theorem from 1961.
Any state ∣Ψ≻ can be approximated to arbitrary precision by acting on the vacuum with an operator selected from the local algebra, even for ∣Ψ≻ that contain excitations arbitrarily far away in space. In this sense, states created by applying elements of the local algebra to the vacuum state are not localized to the region Ο.
In the book, we learn that ''You can make measurements, in the vacuum, a certain way
(given more time, than has existed in the Universe though...), that could
enforce the appearance of an elephant...
(somewhere else)''.

I.e. in the vacuum there is a little bit of everything. Even the tiny (wave) amplitude of an elephant.
Because of entanglement, the measurement of an elephant in the vaccum correspond
to a real elephant somewhere else...

Whenever we measure something we change it.
And when we measeure something in the vacuum, the vacuum is no longer empty...
Indeed, it is possible to make positrons and electrons pop out of vacuum,
just by doing something, a measurement, to the vacuum, nearby.
Elephants might be next ...
...

Things emerge from nothing.
The whole Universe is emergent...
Indeed, according to the book, it might not be such a big problem that consciousness
apparently ''emerges'' from something else?
Everything ''emerges''...

Much from nothing.
Perhaps, as other physicists say, computing something...


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           2023 Homepage Index  

Friendly ChatGPT Plans.

ChatGPT would like to see itself as your friend...
Useful, informative and friendly:

           ChatGPT  

It is also eager to help you out with your plans... (December 2023).
But, well, making plans, that is a difficult thing...

           ChatGPT  

Well, well...
There is something wrong here...

           Philosopher AI. GPT-3. November 2021.

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Testing ChatGPT4, March 2024.

March 11th, 2024.

The chatbots improve, dramatically, all the time...
But, there are still problems...

  ChatGPT  
           ChatGPT  
  ChatGPT  

And now, something about monkeys and bananas:

  ChatGPT  
           ChatGPT  

      ChatGPT  

Well, well...
As Peter meets 2 talking monkeys, this was not the answer we were looking for...


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Testing ChatGPT-o1-Preview,
September 2024.

September 14th, 2024.

The chatbots improve, dramatically, all the time...
Now, some of the problems, from earlier models (back in March),
appears to be fixed
(with the September release ChatGpt-o1-Preview)...


  ChatGPT  
           ChatGPT  

Well, well...It is getting better ...
Indeed, the plan is now pretty much correct...

Still, notice that I didn't ask for a lunchbreak, but got one on all days,
except Tuesday and Thursday?
The timeinterval between different activities Saturday and Sunday
doesn't appear to be super consistent?

Read more (from my ''reasoning'' testing) here.

Reasoning and the ChatGPT4-o1-Preview model...

According to OpenAI, ''o1 is a new large language model
trained with reinforcement learning to perform complex reasoning
''...

So, what about this problem:

      ChatGPT  

Well, ChatGPT-o1's reasoning powers still isn't on a super human level...,
when it comes to reasoning from first principles
(September 2024)...

(Where: First principles thinking is the practice of questioning every assumption
you think you know about a given problem, then creating new solutions from scratch).

Read more (from my ''reasoning'' testing) here.

                 For more about my ChatGPT4-o1-Preview reasoning test click here


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Amsterdam. January 2024.

Visit to Codam Coding College. January 2024.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Amsterdam:
          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

On the Codam Coding College homepage it reads:
The students at Codam Coding College learn programming through our unique peer-to-peer educational model.
We cover students' tuition fees, there are no teachers and we are open 24/7!

Our core mission is to prepare the next generation for the jobs of today, and tomorrow, by offering high quality and scalable software engineering education!
          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    42: Learn to code. January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

More Amsterdam impressions:

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

''Amsterdam is een heerlijke stad om te verlaten en ààn te komen''.
Simon Carmiggelt.

Something along the lines of ''Amsterdam is a wonderful city to leave and arrive in''.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Looking at Amsterdam canals, everything appears to be pretty idyllic.

Still, mayor Femke Halsema is apparently not satisfied,
and has vowed to clean up the mess [2], [3].

And, well, life goes on, and tourists come and go.
It was time to take a look at the Rembrandt house.

     January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Inside the Rembrandt house:

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

              January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                  Collection of Rembrandt selfportraits. Assc 2022. Amsterdam. Impressions and pics.  

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Amsterdam Centraal:

          January 2024. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

           More Amsterdam Impressions. Assc 2022. Amsterdam. Impressions and pics.  


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Rotterdam. January 2024.

Visit to Rotterdam Universiteit. January 2024.
Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

In connection with a great Erasmus+ cooperation project about Large Language Models.
Taking a closer look at:
Large Language Models in education, at Rotterdam Universiteit
(Erasmian Language Model.
Center for Data Analytics & Dept. for Media and Communication).

We also saw a little bit of Rotterdam.
Impressions from Rotterdam, below...

Rotterdam Centraal.
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Iffr:

       International Film Festival Rotterdam. January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       Delftse Poort, Rotterdam.

                    Bep van Klaveren. January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Statue of Bep van Klaveren in Rotterdam.
Bep van Klaveren was a Dutch boxer, from Rotterdam, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Rotterdam Universiteit:

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       View (from Rotterdam) towards Delft and Den Hague.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    Rotterdam.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    Market Hall, Rotterdam [4].

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Cube House, Rotterdam [5].
''Where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest''

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

House boat, Rotterdam.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       Willem.

         See: Amsterdam Reunion May 2006.

                    Rotterdam Centraal:

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Moments contained [6].
''Gifted to the city by the philanthropic foundation Droom en Daad, which aims to beautify urban areas, the bronze statue, four metres tall, entitled Moments Contained, is dedicated to the representation of minorities, particularly Black women, in public spaces''.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Rotterdam Centraal Station.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

                    January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

       January 2024. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

           Assc 2022. Amsterdam. Impressions and pics.  


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Visit to Proshops robot-warehouse.

March 1st, 2024, and it was time for the field trip to Proshops robot-warehouse,
in Holme, Aarhus, that I had been thinking about for some time.

       March 2024. Industrial Robots. Robot Warehouses.

           March 2024. Industrial Robots. Robot Warehouses.

       March 2024. Industrial Robots. Robot Warehouses.

           March 2024. Industrial Robots. Robot Warehouses.

After the excursion, I posted a report about it all on the Eaaa intranet.

2024 Onwards with robot-warehouses  

           2022 Onwards. Spot visits Eaaa.

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SF Books, spring 2024.

(Science fiction) reading material, March 2024.

       My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Adrian Tchaikovsky.

                    Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts.


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Berlin MlCon presentation.

April 18th, 2024.

In April, I gave a presentation (at Eaaa)
about the ''ML Conference in Berlin''
(I attended the conference back in November 2023).

Slides from the (April) presentation can be seen here:
Berlin ML Conference (Nov. 2023) (e).

For more about the Ml Conference, see here.


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Digital Assistants and more.
Visit from Artevelde, Gent.

April 15th.
Sander Cornelis (with students), from Artevelde, Gent (Belgium),
visited Eaaa, and talked about digital assistants,
and more.

I posted about it on the Eaaa intranet.

  April 2024. Visit from Artevelde.


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Generative AI Day, May 17th.

At the ''Generative AI day'', May 17th, 2024, at Eaaa,
a number of ''student AI projects'' were presented.

I was mentor for a project about ''Diagnosis of tomato leaf diseases''
(Inspired by similar projects, found on the internet, like
''A real-time application-based convolutional neural network
approach for tomato leaf disease classification
'' [7]).
      Tomato plants.

Here, me and Mike, at the Eaaa presentation.
  Post on Linkedin


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RoboPhilosophy. August 2024.

RoboPhilosophy 2024, Aarhus University.
August 2024.

Participated August 20-21, 2024, in the RoboPhilosophy Conference,
Aarhus University.

Social Robots with AI.
Prospects, Risks, and Responsible Methods.

       RoboPhilosophy 2024.

                    RoboPhilosophy 2024.

       RoboPhilosophy 2024.

                    RoboPhilosophy 2024.

       RoboPhilosophy 2024.

                    RoboPhilosophy 2024.

The conference started with a talk by Wendell Wallach,
''Re-envioning ethics. From moral machines to extensive regulation''.
See, also the Wallach book: ''Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong''.

All, interesting, indeed.

       RoboPhilosophy 2024.

Daniel Estrada talked about ''Can a robot hand grasp?.
Moving away from corporate hype, and into concepts such as Things do become a lot more complicated...,
and then you can't really say that a robot hand grasp (in the same way as a human hand).
Clearly!

             RoboPhilosophy 2024.

Sherry Turkle was not able to travel to Aarhus,
but her talk (''Who do we become when we talk to machines'')
was presented by a colleague from her lab.

According to Turkle:
We forget what is special about being human. We forget what it means to have authentic conversation. Machines are programmed to have conversations ''as if'' they understood what the conversations are about.
In a real conversation: Etc.
Of course... :)

AI in Wars:
In a workshop it was all about ''Death by Algorithm''.

Jus ad bellum:
Whether a war is conducted justly, and lawfully.
A tricky subject, where: - But how do you surrender to machine?
- Will machines respect soldiers that wave a white flag?

- Will soldiers follow orders given to them by an AI?
- Will soldiers die for an AI commander (they respect)?

Indeed, time will tell.

                    RoboPhilosophy 2024.

David Chalmers was with us through a video link to his home in NYC
(For real-life meetings with Chalmers, see Assc 25, section 2.1., left in the picture,
and Constructing the World, David J. Chalmers meets critics).

Here, the talk was about ''Can Social AI systems extend the mind''.

       RoboPhilosophy 2024.

                    RoboPhilosophy 2024.

Obviously, a great talk!


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Edinburgh. August 2024.

Trip to Edinburgh. August 2024.

          Edinburgh. August 2024.

             Scotland. August 2024.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.
                    Watch on Youtube.
                    Highland bagpipe, preparations. Edinburgh, Scotland.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.
       David Hume statue, Edinburgh.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.
                    David Hume statue, Edinburgh.
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
David Hume.

       Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Edinburgh. August 2024.


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Meeting Ameca, at the Robotarium
(Edinburgh, Scotland).

Meeting Ameca, at the Robotarium
(Edinburgh, Scotland), August 2024.

        Youtube video. Meeting Ameca, at the Robotarium in Edinburgh, Scotland.

            Aug. 2024. Meeting Ameca, at the Robotarium in Edinburgh, Scotland.
            See video from our visit on Youtube.

       Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

                    Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.

       Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.
       See video from our visit on Youtube.

                    Robotarium. Edinburgh. August 2024.


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           Onwards 2025.

On the pitch, with robots...

October 11th, 2024.

Robots can now make field painting fast, fun, and flawless...
(Impressions from a trip, with students,
to TinyMobileRobots headquarters outside Aarhus).

   A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

      A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

      A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

         A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

             A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

       A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

     A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

   A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

 A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

    A visit to the TinyMobileRobots headquarters.

Indeed, the robots are moving onwards...



           2022 Onwards   2023 Onwards


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           September 2024. KI 2024.

Autumn 2024.

October 2024.
October/November. And back to work,
with a lot of Zoom calls...

          October 2024. Back to work with Zoom videoconferencing.


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