Interesting twist on AI processing. HRM (vs CoT) model requires far less data to make decisions, performs better on some tals difficult for standard AI solutions:

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/scientists-just-developed-an-ai-modeled-on-the-human-brain-and-its-outperforming-llms-like-chatgpt-at-reasoning-tasks

#ai #chainofthought #hierarchicalreasoningmodel #arcagi #sapient

Meandering about an aspect of the **Turing Hopper** mysteries by Donna Andrews.

Turing Hopper is an AIP (Artificial Intelligence Program) designed as a general-knowledge interface for the United Library system. Only three people know that she's achieved #sapience: Maude, originally executive secretary at UL, now president of Alan Grace Enterprises, a company set up by Turing so she can have computer systems she controls, to retreat to if necessary; Tim, originally copy clerk at UL, now a fledgling private detective; and Samantha, a lawyer who was brought in on a previous case, who is now investigating what might be required to get Turing declared a free person, and not some company's property.

Other people in Donna Andrews' **Turing Hopper** mysteries _don't_ know Turing is a #sapient AIP. They think that she's second-gen CEO Alaina Grace (nicknamed Turing), an eccentric computer genius who never comes to the office, but communicates by speakerphone and email and texts. The major person who doesn't know is Claudia, a more experienced detective who went into business with Tim. Yet despite having to hide her secret, Turing is remarkably sloppy when speaking in front of Claudia.

For example, a system backup CD is found for a (comatose) client's computers, for which the trio of Maude, Tim, and Claudia have no password. Tim slips it into a CD drive Turing can access, and asks if it will take long to crack the password to the backup, and hence access the system. Turing replies on speaker: "It would take most human hackers a long time, but with the kind of resources I can throw at it –". Don't you think that putting "human" in that statement was unwise?

In another instance, Maude is talking to Turing and KingFischer on speaker in the presence of Casey, a young hardware tech at Alan Grace. Turing is discussing creating a limited-function (non-sapient) AIP to do something. KingFischer, the chess AIP who seems to have also achieved sapience, mentions that it's modeled on Billius, the programming AIP, and Turing adds "Yes, I've always considered him the most literal-minded of all of us." Since Casey knows Turing as the unseen CEO, "us" also seems an unwise thing to say.

In any case, I've finished #reading the final **Turing Hopper** #mystery. It's better than the previous two volumes. Donna Andrews apparently had some warning that the series was fading, and while not being able to tack on a happy ending to the arc of a copy of Turing having been stolen and hacked for evil purposes, she did put in what reads as a sad ending to that plotline, where T2 won't have to suffer anymore. But the arc bad buy remains uncaught, and was not even seen in this volume. At least the book ended saying that Claudia will soon be told Turing's secret. ●●●●○

Started #reading the second book of the Sodality Universe series, _In the Markets of Tyre_ by Pierre E Pettinger, Jr. Unlike the first book, this has both a Dramatis Personae and a Species List with descriptions.

The #ScienceFiction #novel has 84 named characters from 40 #sapient species across eight Star Nations. The lists take up eight percent of the book.

Hey #Neurodiverse friends - did you ever wonder if you were a #changeling or #alien (or any other non-human #sapient #being ) that got stuck in a human body?

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#Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #NeurodivergentThinking
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #ADD #ADHD #AuADHD
#OCD #LearningDisabilities
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