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\n", " \n", "- What makes for a suitable problem for AI (Demis Hassabis, Nobel Lecture)?\n", "
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\n", "- Space: Massive combinatorial search space
\n", "- Function: Clear objective function (metric) to optimize against
\n", "- Time: Either lots of data and/or an accurate and efficient simulator
\n", "- Guess what else fits the bill (Yours truly, amateur philosopher)?\n", "
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\n", "- Space\n", "
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\n", "- Intestines/villi
\n", "- Lungs/bronchioles
\n", "- Capillary trees
\n", "- Network of lymphatics
\n", "- Dendrites in neurons
\n", "- Tree branches
\n", "- Function\n", "
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\n", "- Energy
\n", "- Aerobic respiration
\n", "- Delivery to \"last mile\" (minimize distance)
\n", "- Response time (minimize)
\n", "- Information
\n", "- Exposure to sunlight for photosynthesis
\n", "- Time\n", "
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\n", "- Nourishment
\n", "- Gaseous exchange
\n", "- Oxygen & Nutrients (Carbon dioxide & \"Waste\")
\n", "- Surveillance for antigens
\n", "- Coherence of functions
\n", "- Water and nutrients from soil
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" Yes, to smell pork, to eat of the habitation which your prophet, the Nazarite, conjured the devil into. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. Source: Shylock
\n", "\n", " Cosmogeology: Truth (Riba)\n", "\n", " \n", "```{raw} html\n", "\n", "\n", "
\n", " Biology: Speculate (Gharar)
\n", " Ecology: Unnegotiable (Haram) vs. Negotiable (Credit Swisse -- faustian bargain)
\n", " Symbiotology: Nonself (Murabaha), Negotiable (Musharaka), Self (Mudaraba)
\n", " Teleology: Harmonious Brotherhood (Sukuk)
\n", " — WSJ\n", "
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" This is the face of friendship, character, ethics
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