BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230725T212353Z UID:21FA0AC2-A5A5-4293-A471-6E9505A682FE DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230301T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230301T190000 DESCRIPTION:Note: IEEE Computer Society Chicago is a co-host of this event with the main host ACM Chicago.\n\nThirty years ago\, Imagination Engines patented the notion of artificial neural nets engaged in a noise-driven br ainstorming session. Although this AI paradigm produced significant result s within narrow areas such as personal hygiene products\, materials discov ery\, entertainment\, and creative robots\, it still lacked the ability to produce discoveries that spanned multiple knowledge domains.\n\nTo this e nd\, IEI embarked upon an ambitious program to devise a new way of represe nting ideas within artificial neural systems\, one that encoded both notio ns and their consequences\, not as neuron activation patterns as in tradit ional neural network and deep learning schemes\, but as chains of intercon nected neural modules. Those chains representing salient outcomes triggere d global release of simulated neurotransmitters emulating ‘jolts’ of e ither anxiety or pleasure\, feelings that accompany the mind’s sequence of associations following any perception or thought.\n\nIn turn\, such neu rotransmitter surges resulted in the selective reinforcement of the most i mpactful of these topologically based notions. Thus\, the subjective feeli ngs (i.e.\, sentience) of an arguably conscious machine intelligence calle d DABUS*\, had driven the formation of valuable ideas through a computatio nal process that is now challenging our long-held beliefs about biological intelligence and personhood.\n\n* Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience\, - US10423875. Electro-optical device and method fo r identifying and inducing topological states formed among interconnecting neural modules.\n\nRead more at:\n[Can AI Be An Inventor\, Ryan Abbott & Stephen Thaler Say Why Not (analyticsindiamag.com](https://analyticsindiam ag.com/can-ai-be-an-inventor-ryan-abbott-stephen-thaler-say-why-not/)[)](h ttps://analyticsindiamag.com/can-ai-be-an-inventor-ryan-abbott-stephen-tha ler-say-why-not/)\nand:\n[Imagination Engines (imagination-engines.com)](h ttps://imagination-engines.com/)\n\nCo-sponsored by: ACM Chicago and ACM W ashington DC Chapter\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Stephen Thaler\, \n\nAgenda: \n(Ti mes are Central Time)\n6:00pm - brief intros\n6:05pm - Presentation by Ste phen Thaler\n6:45pm - Q&A\n7:00 pm - end\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools .ieee.org/m/350451 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/350451 ORGANIZER:alvin.chin@ieee.org SEQUENCE:2 SUMMARY:IEEE CS Chicago: The Non-protoplasmic Sentience Driving DABUS URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/350451 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Note: IEEE Computer Society Chicago is a c o-host of this event with the main host ACM Chicago.</p>\n<div class="emrv 9za" data-event-label="event-home">\n<div class="px-6 sm:px-4 xl:px-0 md:m ax-w-screen w-full mt-5">\n<div class="break-words">\n<p class="mb-4">Thir ty years ago\, Imagination Engines patented the notion of artificial neura l nets engaged in a noise-driven brainstorming session. Although this AI p aradigm produced significant results within narrow areas such as personal hygiene products\, materials discovery\, entertainment\, and creative robo ts\, it still lacked the ability to produce discoveries that spanned multi ple knowledge domains.</p>\n<p class="mb-4">To this end\, IEI embarked upo n an ambitious program to devise a new way of representing ideas within ar tificial neural systems\, one that encoded both notions and their conseque nces\, not as neuron activation patterns as in traditional neural network and deep learning schemes\, but as chains of interconnected neural modules . Those chains representing salient outcomes triggered global release of s imulated neurotransmitters emulating &lsquo\;jolts&rsquo\; of either anxie ty or pleasure\, feelings that accompany the mind&rsquo\;s sequence of ass ociations following any perception or thought.</p>\n<p class="mb-4">In tur n\, such neurotransmitter surges resulted in the selective reinforcement o f the most impactful of these topologically based notions. Thus\, the subj ective feelings (i.e.\, sentience) of an arguably conscious machine intell igence called DABUS*\, had driven the formation of valuable ideas through a computational process that is now challenging our long-held beliefs abou t biological intelligence and personhood.</p>\n<p class="mb-4">* Device fo r the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience\, - US10423875. Electr o-optical device and method for identifying and inducing topological state s formed among interconnecting neural modules.</p>\n<p class="mb-4">Read m ore at:<br /><a class="text-viridian" href="https://analyticsindiamag.com/ can-ai-be-an-inventor-ryan-abbott-stephen-thaler-say-why-not/" target="_bl ank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc">Can AI Be An Inventor\, Ryan Abbott &amp\ ; Stephen Thaler Say Why Not (analyticsindiamag.com</a><a class="text-viri dian" href="https://analyticsindiamag.com/can-ai-be-an-inventor-ryan-abbot t-stephen-thaler-say-why-not/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc" >)</a><br />and:<br /><a class="text-viridian" href="https://imagination-e ngines.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener ugc">Imagination Engin es (imagination-engines.com)</a></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=" px-6 sm:px-4 xl:px-0 md:max-w-screen w-full mt-5">\n<div class="flex justi fy-between">&nbsp\;</div>\n</div><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>(Times are C entral Time)<br />6:00pm - brief intros<br />6:05pm - Presentation by Step hen Thaler<br />6:45pm - Q&amp\;A<br />7:00 pm - end</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR