Connectionism Puns

The SAILS AI research initiative at Leiden University, the Netherlands is inviting you to come and join us for an online event on the intersection of AI & art, research and society, on Tuesday December 15, 16.30-18.30 CET, on the SAILS YouTube channel. Free registration here, and info on the SAILS website.

We are not alone anymore. Artificial Intelligence is changing society, for better or for worse, and we will need to find new ways to relate to our artificial counterparts. Will our joint future be symbiotic, antagonistic or more one of fruitful collaboration? And what can we actually learn from the AI about what makes us human – perhaps even beyond intelligence? What are the grand challenges that are still out there, and do we even know how to begin to tackle them?

SAILS, the Leiden University wide research program on AI, has the pleasure to invite you to a livestream talk show on December 15, where we invite artists, scientists and designers to debate and imagine our future with AI, through a whirlwind of very current yet not so middle-of-the-road artworks and research projects.

Jay McClelland from Stanford University, whose books on neural networks launched the previous AI summer in the eighties, will conclude the event with his thoughts on the big pieces of puzzle still missing and reflect on our long-term future with AI.

Our guests:

• Vera van de Seyp on creative collaboration with AI in typography & design
• Petra Gemeinboeck and Rob Saunders on creative robotics
• Eduard Fosch Villaronga on inclusive robotics & AI
• Suzan Verberne & Jasper Schelling on polarization and misinformation in media
• Jay McClelland, on what we have learned from AI & connectionist models of the mind, and the grand challenges & questions remaining

More detailed information on the speakers and the event is available on the SAILS website.

Hi all! I'm looking for some help.

Long story short I did an MA in Cog science a very long time ago. I flaked at the end under pressure and didn't hand in my Thesis or complete the module in connectionism. The college have now been kind enough to let me hand in an assignment for the incomplete connectionism module, in order to receive a Grad Dip. I have the Rethinking Innateness book and am getting to grips with it. The advisor wants me to pick a topic that interests me, but I'm somewhat overwhelmed.

I'd appreciate any and all suggestions/direction.

This is something I didn't really get when I was an undergraduate and many, many years later I'm still not sure about, and revisiting some stuff on cognitive science at the moment made me pose the question (I've just applied for an MSc in Philosophy about a decade after graduating and thought I should brush up on what I'm particularly interested in - alas, I find philosophy of mind and cognitive science very interesting, but I'm a Classicist by training so sometimes find the science-y stuff a bit tricky...)

I'm pretty sure I understand the fundamentals of what classical symbolic cognition and connectionism ARE. However, I've never really been sure exactly HOW they are different in a "big picture" sense.

My understanding is as follows and please correct me if I'm wrong:

i) Symbolic models of cognition suggest that we can chunk concepts down into discrete units which are manipulated syntactically and are somehow stored discretely. The "classic" pro-argument for this is that it accounts for the systematicity of thought in that our application of cognitive syntax allows for us to infer things about mental symbols due to their structure etc. etc. ii) Connectionism posits that instead the relevant information is distributed across a whole neural network which allows for different contextual responses to inputs and thus better accounts for our ability to adapt to new situations and so forth.

What I've never really quite understood is why connectionism isn't just another way of producing semantic symbols. Even if the overall representation is hugely context sensitive, and even if we can't map the creation of the relevant state onto discrete reproducable neurophysiology, isn't the output of an appropriately weighted neural network exactly the same as a symbol on the level that we actually comprehend it? I mean, if I think about my laptop screen right now, while a PDP network is going to produce a nuanced, context-sensitive understanding of what I'm thinking about, isn't the mental token "laptop screen" just a shorthand version of that?

I hope this question makes sense. It wasn't explained to me with great clarity by my tutor as an undergrad and I'm still not sure now.

Thanks!

In 1988 Fodor and Pylyshyn published their famous critique of connectionism. I imagine a lot must have happened since then. Is the debate still ongoing in some shape or form? Does "classicism" and "connectionism" still denote recgonizable and discrete positions/traditions in cognitive science? How has the rise of neuroscience impacted on these issues? And where can I learn more?

I really like the description and reviews of this book. Hands on is good, but it *is over 12 years old. Anyone have any opinions on this book? Is it out of date? Any other suggestions?

Hello,

Traditionally we have used (inherited) Multi Mode fibre. However, at work we have moved into a site that has been installed with Single Mode fibre. This is the first time I have seen it out in the wild that is used for private connectionations, I have only seen it used for telco carrier services. At some point I want to get an outbuilding connected to the mail switch and these 2 things triggered me to look into it more.

I have always understood that Single Mode works well in all uses but costs much more, Multi Mode is generally cheaper but can only be used for shorter distances. This is usually fine for buildings on a single site. However, looking at FS.com Single Mode seems to work out cheaper overall.

Cabling
Multi Mode OM4
Distance: 100m
Fibre Count: 4
Connectors: LC
Price (AUD): $829.07
Link: https://www.fs.com/au/products/71448.html

Single Mode OS2
Distance: 100m
Fibre Count: 4
Connectors: LC
Price (AUD): $329.01
Link: https://www.fs.com/au/products/70220.html

SFP
Multi Mode
Price: $28.60
Link: https://www.fs.com/au/products/11552.html

Single Mode
Price: $34.10
Link: https://www.fs.com/au/products/48812.html?attribute=77&id=274074

To me it will make sense to use Single Mode. It will be cheaper overall and does have the benefit of being able to use BiDI should I want to. I am guessing the price difference with genuine SFP's are what makes Multi Mode more attractive?

Have a missed something please?

Thanks

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

Mentos

(I will see myself out)

The doctor says it terminal.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

The SAILS AI research initiative at Leiden University, the Netherlands is inviting you to come and join us for an online event on the intersection of AI & art, research and society, on Tuesday December 15, 16.30-18.30 CET, on the SAILS YouTube channel. Free registration here, and info on the SAILS website.

We are not alone anymore. Artificial Intelligence is changing society, for better or for worse, and we will need to find new ways to relate to our artificial counterparts. Will our joint future be symbiotic, antagonistic or more one of fruitful collaboration? And what can we actually learn from the AI about what makes us human – perhaps even beyond intelligence? What are the grand challenges that are still out there, and do we even know how to begin to tackle them?

SAILS, the Leiden University wide research program on AI, has the pleasure to invite you to a livestream talk show on December 15, where we invite artists, scientists and designers to debate and imagine our future with AI, through a whirlwind of very current yet not so middle-of-the-road artworks and research projects.

Jay McClelland from Stanford University, whose books on neural networks launched the previous AI summer in the eighties, will conclude the event with his thoughts on the big pieces of puzzle still missing and reflect on our long-term future with AI.

Our guests:

• Vera van de Seyp on creative collaboration with AI in typography & design
• Petra Gemeinboeck and Rob Saunders on creative robotics
• Eduard Fosch Villaronga on inclusive robotics & AI
• Suzan Verberne & Jasper Schelling on polarization and misinformation in media
• Jay McClelland, on what we have learned from AI & connectionist models of the mind, and the grand challenges & questions remaining

More detailed information on the speakers and the event is available on the SAILS website.