<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>jeffrey E. &lt;jeevacation@gmail.com&gt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Monday, July 11, 2016 1:40 AM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Ben Goertzel</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: quick question -- AGI-16 snacks and reception sponsorship?</td></tr></table>

looking for AI and music. . a melody is a str=nge object, it is an inter as well as intra relation with notes and =ime. . there are inherent harmonies. and dissonance. . = what i wrote to chonsky this moring

today I conducted an experiment encouraged by Noam&=39;s wholly justified aggressive and detailed directives to jos=ha. . joshcha focused on layers being develope= in the brain . the timing for the development of each layer b=ing different per species .

I postulate that music m=ght be a frosted window into that structure. =symphonies begin with their first " layer " a theme. =in fact, there might be more than one theme in the first layer ,=C2 , the second part of symphonic form is the complex devel=pment stage. where those themes are inverted, deco=structed , reconstructed etc ,and the development stage takes the m=st time . in the conclusion of the symphonic=form the recapitulation of all that has come before it forms a=" phenenoma of the piece " a whole ,made up of =ts smaller concepts . As opposed to listening to music t= record which neuron is firing, as most musciolgists attem=t I propose that the music may be the audible result of tho=e neurons firing, made possible by a select few who would attempt to=C2 notate those neuronal firings. Beethoven for=example.

The experiment . I mashed al= of the four symphonies together , playing record=ngs of the 3rd 5th 6th 7th all overlayed =A0on each other, playing at the same time. - the way a brain m=ght develop. I expected an ordered noise but to the surprising=contrary , IT WAS AMAZING. . yo= can hear new "concepts " forming, =C2

it wonder whether =n the mind of a blind child , the " music" would be create= even without the visual referencial. but created none th= less. later when the visual can be tied to concep=s , the anatomy may be hijacked to produce sounds . that somehow rel=te to the concepts. .

I tried to mix music from diffe=ent cultures- it didn't work. African does not work =ith western europe,- chinese works with nei=her of the other two. but within the same cultural music=( the brain of the local species ) the mash ups are beau=iful.

= would note that computers engage in "parallel processing" only=C2 in order to take a hard problem and break it into its componen= parts , working on each component separately, here each pro=lem Interacts and the their resolutions interact in remarkable=ways.

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On Sun= Jul 10, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Ben Goertzel <ben@goertzel.org> wr=te:

(i.e. being a "fiscal sponsor&q=ot; for the HLAI/AGI conference is within Humanity+'s mandate as a 501(c)3, so there's no problem here...)

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Ben Goertzel < > wrote:

> We can route the donation through Humanity+, which is a 501(c)3 ... as=br> > we have done with some of your previous donations for my research... >

> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 9:33 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com <mailto:jeev=cation@gmail.com» wrote:

>> is it a 501 c 3

>>

On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:30 PM, Ben Goertzel <ben@goertzel.org> wrote:
>>> Hey there,
>>> Hope you're well...
>>> I'll send you another email about connecting this summer w=ile I'm in the US if you'll be around...
>>> This email pertains to the AGI-16 / Human-Level AI conference =hich occurs upcoming week in New York (July 16-19).... at the=New School.
>>> We are doing the last-minute nitty-gritty conference planning =nd find ourselves short on cash for snacks and for drinks at the conf=erence reception / poster-session ... (the New School venue proved mo=e costly than planned... we chose New School as an old college f=riend of mine is a prof and administrator there...)
>>> So I'm wondering if you might be willing to do a US$3000 s=ponsorship (we have two other sponsors at the US$3000 level: Vicarious Sy=stems, and Demiurge Technologies).... (We don't actua=ly need the $$ wired immediately, a commitment is enough)...
>>> We can then serve everyone "drinks and snacks courtesy of=Jeffrey Epstein Foundation", or whatever foundation name you pref=r (or just keep it quiet if you prefer)
>>> This is not insanely critical, but it would be a help... I bel=ieve these conferences are still quite valuable in terms of keeping=free and open dialogue about AGI going in the research community, a= opposed to having AGI work entirely sucked into the proprietar= halls of big companies...
>>> thanks
>>> Ben
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>>> Super-benevolent super-intelligence is the thought the Global =rain is currently struggling to form...
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