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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I second Harry’s thanks to Peter Albin for coming up with such a great last-minute fill-in. John Hopfield’s talk went over my head, but I followed a lot of Geoffrey Hinton’s. Hinton’s talk also got my thinking there may actually be an existential threat. His idea that artificial intelligences could manipulate people so that we wouldn’t turn them off struck a chord. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>-- Carl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> LCTG <lctg-bounces+carllazarus=comcast.net@lists.toku.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry Forsdick via LCTG<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 10, 2024 1:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> LCTG@lists.toku.us<br><b>Cc:</b> Harry Forsdick <forsdick@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Article which explains what we saw yesterday<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Folks,<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>I thought yesterday's videos about the two people who one the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics were both amazing -- even though I had no idea what John Hopfield was talking about. Geoffrey Hinton's talk was a lot more understandable -- probably because I have heard him before and have read up a lot more on the things for which he was awarded the prize. In any case, here is an article I found today about the two contributions for which the Nobel prize was awarded:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/page/hopfield-and-hinton-win-nobel-MeAlPhntSDyKO4ZfQVWqbA" target="_blank">https://www.perplexity.ai/page/hopfield-and-hinton-win-nobel-MeAlPhntSDyKO4ZfQVWqbA</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>This came, interestingly enough from Perplexity.ai -- which is an excellent example of what can be done using the results of the two awardees.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>For reference, here are URLs to the two videos we saw yesterday:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>John Hopfield's Talk: <a href="https://youtu.be/vTurUGqD_Lo?si=NtCv14B8qTivqUzL" target="_blank">Emergence, dynamics, and behaviour</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Geoffrey Hinton's Talk: <a href="https://youtu.be/-9cW4Gcn5WY?si=fYPnzS_d75Fn33SY" target="_blank">The Godfather in Conversation: Why Geoffrey Hinton is worried about the future of AI</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Thank you Peter Albin for finding these excellent videos for this last minute fill-in session of LCTG's weekly meeting. For me, this is an example of why I try to attend these meetings each week.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'>-- Harry<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0 style='background:#EEEEEE'><tr><td width=306 valign=top style='width:229.5pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Harry Forsdick</span></a><br><a href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</span></a><br><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=harry@forsdick.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>harry@forsdick.com</span></a><br><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>www.forsdick.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=15 style='width:11.25pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=179 valign=top style='width:134.25pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>46 Burlington St.<br>Lexington, MA 02420</span></a><br><a href="callto:17817996002" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>