Philosophy Wire: Dying… Being born!

Neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit critical for learning to make decisions that require evaluating the cost or reward of an action. They showed this circuit is negatively affected by aging and in Huntington's disease. [1] I have learned so many things. I have lived my life. Oh, I am tired now. I want to get some rest. I want to stand still and smell the roses. I want to lie down. Close my eyes and feel the breeze. Weird. I feel the explosion. I feel alive. I feel happy and full with terror. (Oh, dear. Why now?) Right now that I forgot everything. Right now that I feel empty. I can sense the cosmos in me! I have learned nothing! God bless me. I want to learn everything!

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Philosophy Wire: Learn! Un-Learn! Teach!

Rice University computer scientists have overcome a major obstacle in the burgeoning artificial intelligence industry by showing it is possible to speed up deep learning technology without specialized acceleration hardware like graphics processing units (GPUs). Rice researchers created a cost-saving alternative to GPU, an algorithm called "sub-linear deep learning engine" (SLIDE) that uses general purpose central processing units (CPUs) without specialized acceleration hardware. [1] Learn! But what is there to learn?! We are not wise because of what we add to our knowledge. We are wise because we forget and we unlearn. Because we discard whatever the world has taught us. So that we can teach him… Stop watching the river… For the river is already watching you…

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