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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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Life is a mixed bag, pure in its imperfections. History is the proof.
\n", "\n", " Value\n", "\n", "So what, then, is the nature of resilience? It is neither the blind repetition of tradition nor the reckless embrace of flux. It is vigilanceâthe owl that watches, the sword that is drawn only when necessary, the bequest that is measured against the future rather than the past. It is the speculative impulse tempered by urgency, the capacity to endure without calcifying. \n", "\n", "History, like the body, is a mixture. Some values hold, some erode, some are transmuted into new forms. The test is whether we mistake a contingent estimate for an eternal truthâwhether we recognize that resilience is not merely endurance but the art of revaluation, the ability to know when to fortify and when to yield.\n", " \n", "\n", "```{raw} html\n", "\n", "\n", "\n", "
\n", " Speculative
\n", " Urgent vs. Time
\n", " Conflict, Interdependence, Aloofness
\n", " Mixture
\n", " â WSJ\n", "