1. Work on artificial intelligence research, on figuring out emotions, communication computer-to-human with deep understanding of motivations, concerns, states of knowledge and belief, inconsistencies in beliefs and values etc.
2. Work on a website and graphics technology and organization dedicated to allowing people to visualize ecosystems and biodiversity and what we do and don't know about them and what is happening to them, over long time periods (historical to future.) (As part of this, come up with quantitative metrics for biodiversity and ecosystem complexity, and ways of representing and illustrating differences in ecosystem structure, robustness etc.)
3. Relax in warm, ocean-front places now and then with good friends (and frequently go diving to see the fishes).
I think I'll apply for the following patent, to cut these evil patenters off at the pass:
A method whereby 1. Any essential aspect of "the real world and its processes, or human-created abstract processes" is modelled or represented using mathematical, logical, or symbolic models. 2. An information processing device, or a set of communicating information devices, is used to process or manipulate the mathematical, logical, or symbolic models in such a manner that: a) By assuming correspondences between model entities and real-world or abstract process entities and relationships, predictions can be made regarding aspects of the real world or abstract processes which were not initially explicitly represented in the models, and b) The models can by interpreted by programs which can also control communication devices and/or physical mechanisms, thus enabling communication about the world and abstract processes, and also enabling direct actions to be enacted upon the real world or abstract processes, under the control of the programs and in accord with measurements of or predictions of about the real world or abstract processes made by means of the programs' interaction with the models.
That aught to cover it. By the way, I will charge no royalties, and it will all be open sourced.
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1. Work on artificial intelligence
research, on figuring out emotions,
communication computer-to-human with
deep understanding of motivations, concerns,
states of knowledge and belief, inconsistencies
in beliefs and values etc.
2. Work on a website and graphics technology
and organization dedicated to allowing people
to visualize ecosystems and biodiversity
and what we do and don't know about them
and what is happening to them, over long
time periods (historical to future.)
(As part of this, come up with quantitative
metrics for biodiversity and ecosystem
complexity, and ways of representing and
illustrating differences in ecosystem
structure, robustness etc.)
3. Relax in warm, ocean-front places now and
then with good friends (and frequently go
diving to see the fishes).
4. Fly a motorized sailplane.
5. Get into politics more.
6. Maybe dabble with bad writing and poetry.
Yeah, that's about it.
I think I'll apply for the following
patent, to cut these evil patenters off at the
pass:
A method whereby
1. Any essential
aspect of "the real world and its processes, or human-created abstract processes" is modelled
or represented using mathematical, logical,
or symbolic models.
2. An information processing device, or
a set of communicating information devices,
is used to process or manipulate the
mathematical, logical, or symbolic
models in such a manner that:
a) By assuming correspondences between model entities and real-world or abstract process entities and relationships, predictions can be made regarding aspects of the real world or abstract processes
which were not initially explicitly represented
in the models, and
b) The models can by interpreted by programs
which can also control communication devices and/or physical mechanisms, thus enabling
communication about the world and abstract
processes, and also enabling direct actions
to be enacted upon the real world or abstract
processes, under the control of the programs
and in accord with measurements of or predictions
of about the real world or abstract
processes made by means of the programs'
interaction with the models.
That aught to cover it. By the way, I
will charge no royalties, and it will all
be open sourced.