Tag Archives: nks

Wolfram|Alpha? – Computing we were promised 50 years ago?

Posted on March 5, 2009 by

An interesting approach to knowledge mentioned in Stephen Wolfram’s blog: But what about all the actual knowledge that we as humans have accumulated? A lot of it is now on the web—in billions of pages of text. And with search … Continue reading →

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NKS Summer School Summary

Posted on August 7, 2008 by

The NKS summer school archive site is live.  I figured it would be best for me to wait until that was done before I attempted to post my project or write too much about other’s projects. You can check out … Continue reading →

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NKS Summer School – The Follow Up Post 1

Posted on July 15, 2008 by

Rather than expend energy writing my own general overview of what the heck just happened at summer school I’ll just link to this wrap up from the Wolfram team. Sure, I’ll have far more details in upcoming posts, though most … Continue reading →

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My Only MetaPhysical Question I Ask Legitimately

Posted on July 2, 2008 by

If the universe (our experience, our lives, our physical reality) weren’t complex (unpredictable, undecidable) what would it be? This is not rhetorical question. It is not easy either. Can you imagine an alternative? It would be useful if we could … Continue reading →

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NKS and Behavior

Posted on May 3, 2008 by

As I prep for a summer in Vermont to study NKS and automata, I’m starting to build research and project concepts.  My focus, as it stands now, is to some how take concepts from behaviorism (schedules of reinforcement, operants, rewards … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of A Decision in Life – Applying to NKS Summer School

Posted on March 21, 2008 by

After a prodding from a pal, I decided to apply to the Wolfram Science NKS Summer School. NKS is a fun and exciting research area and Mathematica rocks. I have done some preliminary research in trying to merge automata to … Continue reading →

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