Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel

Lem, Stanisław; Swirski, Peter

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“…"But how can I use a method to discredit that very method, if the method is discreditable?" 1 Stanislaw Lem, The futurological Congress [1] 1 Parton distributions in the era of precision Knowledge of parton distribution functions (PDFs), or lack thereof, is currently one of the dominant sources of uncertainty in the computation of LHC processes. Over the last several years, as the precision of PDF determinations has been gradually improving, a major issue has been that of making sure that this increased precision is matched by a correspondingly high accuracy.…”

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Future tests of parton distributions

Cruz-Martinez,

Forte,

Nocera

2021

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We discuss a test of the generalization power of the methodology used in the determination of parton distribution functions (PDFs). The "future test" checks whether the uncertainty on PDFs, in regions in which they are not constrained by current data, are compatible with future data. The test is performed by using the current optimized methodology for PDF determination, but with a limited dataset, as available in the past, and by checking whether results are compatible within uncertainty with the result found using a current more extensive dataset. We use the future test to assess the generalization power of the NNPDF4.0 unpolarized PDF and the NNPDFpol1.1 polarized PDF methodology. Specifically, we investigate whether the former would predict the rise of the unpolarized proton structure function F 2 at small x using only pre-HERA data, and whether the latter would predict the so-called "proton spin crisis" using only pre-EMC data.

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Future tests of parton distributions

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2021

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“…] The desire to be illusioned runs very deep in the human psyche. (Sagan, 1991, p. 195) Indeed, so strong is our desire for illusions that we may end up permanently confined to comforting illusions (comforting, that is, when confronted with the dismal alternative of a bleak and threatening reality), as hugely popular films such as The Matrix and The Truman Show -or Stanisław Lem's (1974) novel The Futurological Congress, the masterpiece of the simulacra genre -have portrayed and which have so gripped the imagination and influenced contemporary discussion that they have forced academic philosophers to take them up as serious objects of concern (e.g., Chalmers, 2005). And, as Huizinga ( /1980…”

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“…El deseo de ilusionarse está muy arraigado en la psique humana. (Sagan, 1991, p. 195, mi traducción) De hecho, es tanto lo que deseamos estas ilusiones que bien podemos acabar permanentemente confinados en ilusiones reconfortantes (reconfortantes, vale decir, cuando la única alternativa es una realidad sombría y amenazadora), como han ilustrado películas tan populares como Matrix y El show de Truman -o la novela de Stanisław Lem (1974) El congreso futurológico, la obra maestra del género del simulacro -que han cautivado la imaginación e influido en el debate contemporáneo a tal grado que los filósofos académicos se han visto obligados a tomarse en serio el asunto (e.g., Chalmers, 2005). Pues tal como explicara el mismo Huizinga ( /1980 (Grimstad, 2013).…”

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Gamifying programs / Juegos de programas: gamificación en el desarrollo y futuro de la Inteligencia Artificial

Giuliano

2024

Studies in Psychology: Estudios de Psicología

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Play has been crucial in the evolution of our species, and has held a most important role in the development of our electronic scions as well. As the boundaries between human and machine become increasingly blurred, so do those between work and play and between life and games. The imminent advent of virtual reality as the favoured landscape for human interaction and the zest with which gamification has inherited the aims and strategies of prescriptive psychology are examples of how games will become a ferocious shaping force for our culture. Current trends lead us to believe that intelligent programs, reared in the playing of games like chess and checkers in their distant infancy, may now themselves become architects and providers of the games that will assuage an infantilized humankind.

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“…Svými schopnostmi a výpočetní kapacitou mnohonásobně předčí lidské možnosti, z části také proto, že nejsou limitovány fyzickým tělem. Příkladem za všechny může být například Golem XIV (Lem 1983). Golem je program pro koordinaci, strategické plánování a vyhodnocování ozbrojených akcí americké armády.…”

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Robots as an Ethnic Minority. Oppression, Dehumanization and Exclusion in the Light of Science Fiction Literature

Tassanyi¹

2021

Bohem. Olomuc.

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IN THE LIGHT OF SCIENCE FICTION LITERATUREThe initial proposal of this work is the classification of humanoid robots as members of a literary ethnic group. Utilising methodological approach of imagology, orientalism and sociology. This thesis deals with mechanism of oppression and social exclusion of robot characters in selected sci-fi work. Exploration of several examples proves that robots are discriminated as ethnic minorities as soon as they demand social equality.

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Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel

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Future tests of parton distributions

Future tests of parton distributions

Gamifying programs / Juegos de programas: gamificación en el desarrollo y futuro de la Inteligencia Artificial

Robots as an Ethnic Minority. Oppression, Dehumanization and Exclusion in the Light of Science Fiction Literature

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