Documents tagged "Learning"
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025140.txt
The document is a message from Robert Trivers to Jeffrey E. discussing his experience with the Junior Fellowship at Harvard and Watson's dismissal of his work on reciprocal altruism and parental investment. The main focus of his current research is human intelligence in Africa, specifically asking whether Africans are stupid or smart.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024432.txt
The document is a private placement memorandum for Knowledge Universe Education L.P. The company operates approximately 2,500 early childhood care and education locations in 39 states. They are offering investment units consisting of Common Limited Partner Units of KUE and Class A Ordinary Shares of KUE Management Inc. for $1,000 per unit. The funds raised will be used to expand operations through strategic acquisitions both domestically and internationally, develop new products and services, repay certain existing indebtedness, and for other corporate purposes.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019330.txt
This document discusses a grant application process and its challenges. Lisa New, director of Poetry in America, highlights the progress made by the program in 2016, including moving toward a concrete release date for their television series and converting MOOC modules into for-credit courses. She also mentions Jeffrey E.'s role as an adviser and supporter of the program. Barnaby is mentioned as someone who could apply for a grant but should know that there are only a few grants available in each round, and many projects proposed don't get funding due to limited funding availability.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019326.txt
The document is a letter from Lisa New to Jeffrey E., discussing the progress made by Poetry in America and its associated non-profit production company, Verse Video Education, as well as their new Harvard partner, the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. The goals for 2016 included moving their television series toward a concrete release date, converting MOOC modules into for-credit courses, and developing a course specifically for K-12 educators. In addition to this, Lisa also mentions that Barnaby is no longer at the Institute for Advanced Studies, but instead she will ask him if he can help her through Templeton. The document also mentions that the company has grown from just herself and one other person to now having a production staff of five, as well as interns and Harvard graduate students who are trained in public-facing humanities.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012899.txt
This document is a book written by Ben Goertzel about Engineering General Intelligence. In it, he outlines a practical approach to creating software systems with general intelligence at the human level and beyond. The focus of the first part of the book is on critical conceptual issues related to the nature of intelligence and mind. It also sketches the broad outlines of a novel, integrative architecture for Artificial General Intelligence called CogPrime, and describes an approach for giving an AGI system appropriate experience so that it can develop its own smarts, creativity and wisdom through its own experience. The book dedicates to Goertzel's grandfather who was also a deep thinker and excellent scientist.