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An AI Problem Agenda (May 2026)

Fall-Out Fall-Out from 2025 QA Quality of Response Data Bias AI Alignment On AI Alignment Economics Impact Organizational Use Dynamics Cognitive Surrender Cognitive Surrender Ideology Risk Ideology Risk Regulation Regulating under Uncertainty Misconception Five Plus Five Limitations Limit Bayesian Brain Criticisms Reinforcement Learning Goodhart's Law Open Model Consortium Open Model Consortium Data Center Rebellion Toolishness Over-Reliance Safety On AI Safety Distillation Panic Questions Towards Safe Artificial General Intelligence Research AIXI

On Deleuze - On Topology

On Math About Math On Topology Topology as Method Topologies of the Fold Topology of Difference About Riemann Riemann Riemannian Manifold Riemannian Manifold On Folds Manifolds On Manifolds Riemannian Manifold

Systolic Groups (Math) - AI

  AI In mathematics, systolic groups are groups that act geometrically (properly discontinuously and cocompactly) on a systolic complex . These groups are a primary focus in geometric group theory because they exhibit a form of "simplicial non-positive curvature," making them combinatorial analogs of CAT(0) or non-positively curved spaces. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] Key Components Systolic Complex : A connected, simply connected simplicial complex where the "links" of all its simplices are 6-large . 6-large means the complex is "flag" (any set of vertices that are pairwise connected by edges spans a simplex) and has no embedded cycles of length less than 6 that are "full subcomplexes". Essentially, every simplicial loop of length 4 or 5 must have a diagonal. Geometric Action : For a group to be called systolic, it must act by simplicial automorphisms on one of these complexes such that the action is: Proper : Each compact subcomplex is moved away f...

Future of Math

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AI on a Hierarchy of Dynamic Systems

~***~ AI on a Hierarchy of Dynamic Systems The hierarchy of dynamic systems generally refers to  structured levels of complexity and organization, ranging from simple, predictable behaviors to complex, chaotic, and emergent behaviors . Key frameworks include the Ergodic Hierarchy (characterizing randomness levels) and multi-scale modeling (micro/meso/macro scales).  [ 1 ,  2 ,  3 ] 1. The Ergodic Hierarchy (Randomness & Chaos) This hierarchy categorizes dynamical systems based on their level of "mixing" or unpredictability, commonly used in statistical mechanics and chaos theory: [ 1 ,  2 ] Ergodicity:  The lowest level, where the system’s trajectory passes arbitrarily close to any point in its phase space over time. Weak Mixing:  Systems that do not have distinct, invariant subspaces. Strong Mixing:  Systems that behave like a well-mixed fluid, losing memory of their initial conditions quickly. Kolmogorov (K-systems):  Systems with ...