Podcasts about major kusanagi

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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Regularization Causes Modularity Causes Generalization, published by dkirmani on January 1, 2022 on LessWrong. Epistemic Status: Exploratory Things That Cause Modularity In Neural Networks Modularity is when a neural network can be easily split into several modules: groups of neurons that connect strongly with each other, but have weaker connections to outside neurons. What, empirically, makes a network become modular? Several things: Filan et al.[1]: Training a model with dropout Weight pruning L1/L2 regularization Kashtan & Alon: Switching between one objective function and a different (but related[2]) objective function every 20 generations Clune et al.: Adding penalties for connections between neurons Modularity Improves Generalization What good is modularity? Both Clune et al. and Kashtan & Alon agree: more modular networks are more adaptable. They make much more rapid progress towards their goals than their non-modular counterparts do: Modular neural networks, being more adaptable, make faster progress towards their own goals. Not only that, but their adaptability allows them to rapidly advance on related[2:1] goals as well; if their objective function was to suddenly switch to a related goal, they would adapt to it much quicker than their non-modular counterparts. In fact, modular neural networks are so damn adaptable that they do better on related goals despite never training on them. That's what generalization is: the ability to perform well at tasks with little to no previous exposure to them. That's why we use L1/L2 regularization, dropout, and other similar tricks to make our models generalize from their training data to their validation data. These tricks work because they increase modularity, which, in turn, makes our models better at generalizing to new data. How Dropout Causes Modularity What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death. Major Kusanagi, Ghost in the Shell Training with dropout is when you train a neural network, but every neuron has a chance of 'dropping out': outputting zero, regardless of its input. In practice, making 20-50% of your model's neurons spontaneously fail during training usually makes it much better at generalizing to previously unseen data. Ant colonies have dropout. Ants die all the time; they die to war, to famine, and to kids with magnifying glasses. In response, anthills have a high bus factor. Not only do anthills have specialist ants that are really good at nursing, foraging, and fighting, they also have all-rounder ants that can do any of those jobs in an emergency: Dropout incentivizes robustness to random module failures. One way to be robust to random module failures is to have modules that have different specialties, but can also cover for each other in a pinch. Another way is to have a bunch of modules that all do the exact same thing. For a static objective function, from the perspective of an optimizer: If you expect a really high failure rate (like 95%), you should make a bunch of jack-of-all-trades modules that're basically interchangeable. If you expect a moderate failure rate (like 30%), you should make your modules moderately specialized, but somewhat redundant. Like ants! If you expect no failures at all, you should let modules be as specialized as possible in order to maximize performance. Do that, and your modules end up hyperspecialized and interdependent. The borders between different modules wither away; you no longer have functionally distinct modules to speak of. You have a spaghetti tower. Why would modules blur together? "Typically, there are many possible connections that break modularity and increase fitness. Thus, even an initially modular solution rapidly evolves into one of many possible non-modular soluti...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Regularization Causes Modularity Causes Generalization, published by dkirmani on January 1, 2022 on LessWrong. Epistemic Status: Exploratory Things That Cause Modularity In Neural Networks Modularity is when a neural network can be easily split into several modules: groups of neurons that connect strongly with each other, but have weaker connections to outside neurons. What, empirically, makes a network become modular? Several things: Filan et al.[1]: Training a model with dropout Weight pruning L1/L2 regularization Kashtan & Alon: Switching between one objective function and a different (but related[2]) objective function every 20 generations Clune et al.: Adding penalties for connections between neurons Modularity Improves Generalization What good is modularity? Both Clune et al. and Kashtan & Alon agree: more modular networks are more adaptable. They make much more rapid progress towards their goals than their non-modular counterparts do: Modular neural networks, being more adaptable, make faster progress towards their own goals. Not only that, but their adaptability allows them to rapidly advance on related[2:1] goals as well; if their objective function was to suddenly switch to a related goal, they would adapt to it much quicker than their non-modular counterparts. In fact, modular neural networks are so damn adaptable that they do better on related goals despite never training on them. That's what generalization is: the ability to perform well at tasks with little to no previous exposure to them. That's why we use L1/L2 regularization, dropout, and other similar tricks to make our models generalize from their training data to their validation data. These tricks work because they increase modularity, which, in turn, makes our models better at generalizing to new data. How Dropout Causes Modularity What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death. Major Kusanagi, Ghost in the Shell Training with dropout is when you train a neural network, but every neuron has a chance of 'dropping out': outputting zero, regardless of its input. In practice, making 20-50% of your model's neurons spontaneously fail during training usually makes it much better at generalizing to previously unseen data. Ant colonies have dropout. Ants die all the time; they die to war, to famine, and to kids with magnifying glasses. In response, anthills have a high bus factor. Not only do anthills have specialist ants that are really good at nursing, foraging, and fighting, they also have all-rounder ants that can do any of those jobs in an emergency: Dropout incentivizes robustness to random module failures. One way to be robust to random module failures is to have modules that have different specialties, but can also cover for each other in a pinch. Another way is to have a bunch of modules that all do the exact same thing. For a static objective function, from the perspective of an optimizer: If you expect a really high failure rate (like 95%), you should make a bunch of jack-of-all-trades modules that're basically interchangeable. If you expect a moderate failure rate (like 30%), you should make your modules moderately specialized, but somewhat redundant. Like ants! If you expect no failures at all, you should let modules be as specialized as possible in order to maximize performance. Do that, and your modules end up hyperspecialized and interdependent. The borders between different modules wither away; you no longer have functionally distinct modules to speak of. You have a spaghetti tower. Why would modules blur together? "Typically, there are many possible connections that break modularity and increase fitness. Thus, even an initially modular solution rapidly evolves into one of many possible non-modular soluti...

Episode Notes Hello and welcome to this very focused and concise Question Bucket episode. We only got two emails, so we definitely didn't somehow record for four hours straight in a delirious frenzy of topics. Anyway, we start with an attempt to encapsulate our read on Major Kusanagi and how it relates to our political worldview, bringing in and diverging toward other topics like Iceland's Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness, the way public policies funnel those suffering from poverty into the military, the anarchist utopianism of Zhuangzi, reparative justice, Major Kusanagi's ideological attachment to Section 9 and the power it provides her, and finally an answer to a question about micro machines. We then answer a question about foundational media for us (Chrono Cross and Icelandic music for Niamh, Prince and James Joyce's Ulysses for Connor) before diving headfirst into the “non-anime” topics we brought. Niamh is talking about Persona 3 Portable and how its portrayal of self-harm, savior complexes, and kink are deeply hurtful and honestly just fucked. As Niamh says in the cold opening disclaimer for this episode, this part of our discussion in particular gets pretty heavy, so please be careful around the Content Warnings for this episode if you may be triggered or affected by discussions of things like self-harm, abusive relationships, biting and blood kinks, etc. Connor tries as best he can to follow that up with a look back at The Knife's Shaking the Habitual and its position as an abrasive album that engages with the music that came before it and also might point towards some of the queer music that came after. We finish out answering a question about how to survive grad school, and how maybe our perspective on grad school is uniquely bleak because of the particular cruelty of the program we both attended. Sorry for being a downer. Works Cited in this Discussion “If you want to understand me better as a person, play Chrono Cross” by our very own Niamh “A Better Lover” also by our very own Niamh, published by ZEAL Content Warnings for this Discussion Brief Mentions of Online Harassment Discussion of Abusers in Queer Communities and Breaking Cycles of Abuse In-Depth Discussion of Self-Harm, Trauma, Abuse, and Savior Complexes (2:12:44 to 2:23:20) In-Depth Discussion of Kink, Teeth, Biting, Bloodplay, Painplay, the Erotics of Negotiation, and Consent (2:23:20 to 2:42:46) Discussion of the Pressures of Grad School Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Episode Notes We decide that this is just going to be podcast with some long ass episodes and really dig into episodes 14 through 19 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Before we even get into the episodes, we already have a lot to say about the series and how it relates to the current political reality of when we recorded this episode—which was the day news outlets declared Biden the winner of the 2020 American Presidential election. Okay, look, I cut out a lot of our election discussion, so just like… know it could've been worse, okay? Anyway, after front-loading this conversation with some political talk, we used it to jump into Major Kusanagi's need for Section 9 to maintain her body, the capitalist view of the economy as a game you can win, Section 9's complicity in upholding the injustice of capitalism, the Tachikomas awakening to class consciousness, Batou's relationship to gender (Gender: It's Not Just For The Major) and toxic masculinity, the patriarchal hegemony on the gendered expression of emotions, Aramaki's relationship with the Major, Japanese nationalism and nationalist violence, cycles of revenge and the inscription of revenge narratives into a national identity, the potential value and danger of the merging of consciousnesses and creation of new identities, and the tension between efficacy and righteousness in Section 9's fulfilling of their role as government agents. Also, apologies for some of the weird audio on this one. It turns out Discord was really laggy (and variably so) for us and Niamh's mic volume got fucked up at one point. Fae had a hell of time trying to get things sounding okay. ‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )‧º·˚ Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod[at]gmail and follow us on Twitter! @ghostdiverspod @foxmomnia @rabbleais Works Cited in this Discussion “Ghost in the Shell: the Major's Body (3)” by Claire Napier (full series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility” by Walter Benjamin “Beyond the Image in Benjamin and Bazin: The Aura of the Event” by Monica Dall'Asta, published in Opening Bazin: Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife “Entomology of the Pinup Girl” from What is Cinema?, vol. 2 by André Bazin “The Ontology of the Photographic Image” from What is Cinema?, vol. 1 by André Bazin Content Warnings for this Discussion Racism Classism Deformation and Weaponization of the Body Alcohol Ableism War Crimes Nationalist Violence Kidnapping & Organ Harvesting Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Episode Notes This week, we get deep into episodes 7 through 13 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. We try a little harder this time at doing some recaps but Niamh gets distracted getting right into faer bullshit from the beginning. Connor makes his case for episode 10, but if you are trying to avoid this one, which has some of the roughest content of the series, just know we discuss it from approximately 1:24:54 to 1:32:27. We talk about the sexualization of Major Kusanagi, the aura of the ghost in the age of its technological reproducibility, how the reproduced object can be reconstructed to produce a new aura with a purpose that can be revelatory just as easily as it can be fascistic, reality and unreality, the societal view of binary gender as “Default Male” and “Other”, choosing to be queer and trans, capitalism's ability to co-opt that which opposes it, cycles of nationalized violence, the development of AI sapience and individuality, escapism and utopia, and our first big reminder in a few episodes that Section 9 is just a bunch of shitty cops. Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod[at]gmail and follow us on Twitter! @ghostdiverspod @foxmomnia @rabbleais Works Cited in this Discussion “Entomology of the Pinup Girl” from What is Cinema?, vol. 2 by André Bazin “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility” by Walter Benjamin “Beyond the Image in Benjamin and Bazin: The Aura of the Event” by Monica Dall'Asta, published in Opening Bazin: Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife “The Ontology of the Photographic Image” from What is Cinema?, vol. 1 by André Bazin “Ghost in the Shell: the Major's Body (3)” by Claire Napier (full series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) Content Warnings for this Discussion Sexuality Reference to Alcohol Gore / Organ Transplants / Organ Theft Dyadism / Sexism Violence Against Women / Torture / Snuff Films / Terrorism (esp. 1:24:54 to 1:32:27) Ableism in an Institutional Context Cloning Police Violence Brief Mentions of Suicide Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Connor and Niamh discuss episodes 1 through 6 of the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. We get into some of the core themes of the show, including the dyadic separation of mind and body, the development of AI sapience, gender and the trans resonance of Major Kusanagi, the dystopia underlying the sheen of GitS:SAC's Japan, a peak at the bleakness of the series overall, its thoughts about the possibility for revolution suggested in the world of the show, and an introduction to Niamh's film theory bullshit. We also forget to do literally any sort of episode recaps, but as apology, Niamh left in all the times faer cats tried to join the podcast from outside faer closet door. So you're welcome for that, I guess. Write into our Question Bucket at ghostdiverspod[at]gmail and follow us on Twitter! @ghostdiverspod @foxmomnia @rabbleais Works Cited in this Discussion “Ghost in the Shell: the Major's Body (3)” by Claire Napier (full series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility” by Walter Benjamin “Beyond the Image in Benjamin and Bazin: The Aura of the Event” by Monica Dall'Asta, published in Opening Bazin: Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife Content Warnings for this Discussion Police Brutality Head Trauma Dyadism Suicide (esp. 00:35:11-37:50) Sexuality Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co

Quando conheci Ghost in the Shell não imaginava que poderia ter tanta ação emoção e filosofia em um anime que parece não ter fim, vem comigo nesse papo sobre esse meu 'primeiro contato' com a Major Kusanagi! Conheça o (meu)desafio 30 Dias de Anime, todos os dias as 12h um vídeo com um anime que me chamou atenção nesses anos todos, vou contar pra vocês histórias do porque esses animes fazem ou fizeram parte da minha vida otaku! Dúvidas ou sugestões, manda ai! Confira os mais vendidos Mangás com Desconto: https://amzn.to/34bRHX0 Contato: lau@animesxis.com.br Mais notícias no: http://www.animesxis.com.br Siga nossas redes sociais: https://www.facebook.com/siteanimexis/ http://www.twitter.com/anime_xis http://www.instagram.com/anime_xis

Fashion merchandising student and sorority girl Major Kusanagi is taken to an expensive restaurant by her boyfriend, the governor's son, The Puppetmaster. She expects him to propose, but he breaks up with her instead. He intends to go to Harvard Law School and become a successful politician, and believes that Major is not "serious" enough for that kind of life. Major believes she can win The Puppetmaster back if she shows herself capable of achieving the same things. After months of studying, Major scores a 179 on the Law School Admission Test and, combined with her 4.0 GPA, is accepted to Harvard Law. At least, that's what we think happens in this movie? Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/animegnorant) Twitter (http://twitter.com/animegnorant) Gmail (mailto:animegnorant@gmail.com) Coast Off (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KwCRpIOzvyimVl5KX5VWs) Artwork (https://www.instagram.com/sammybops/) Please rate & review wherever this podcast is found!     

Myles, Tyler, and Drew dive in to our second installment of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. We’ve met the characters, we’ve been introduced to the main story arc of the season. Now it’s time to see how it holds up as we cover episodes 7 through 12! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at themoreyounerd.comFollow us on Twitter @themoreyounerdLike us on Facebook

This week Darfox is back to talk about Weather with You and dakazu gets a behind-the-scenes look at Yoshihiro Togashi in Sensei Hakusho! Then we review our very first Western comic with The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “rise” by Origa from Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, Opening, Introductions 00:01:53 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”,Darfox was impressed with bold stances Weather with You took 00:09:17 - dakazu is baffled about the existence of a manga where Stitch from Lilo and Stitch ends up in warring states period Japan called Tonosama to Stitch 00:12:30 - dakazu loved learning about manga artist Yoshihiro Togashi in Sensei Hakusho 00:18:33 - News: The Japanese Mangaka Association and publishers are discussing legislation to crackdown on piracy and manga aggregate websites with the Japanese government 00:21:51 - MyAnimeList adds In/Spectre, Drifting Dragons, and Smile Down the Runway to their free manga service 00:22:33 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Devil’s Line by Ryo Hanada, Inuyashiki by Hiorya Oku, and Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama 00:23:20 - Main Segment One Shot: The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network, Transition Song: “Making of Cyborg” by Yoko Kanno from Ghost in the Shell, we review this anthology of stories that take place in the world of Shirow Masamune’s Ghost in the Shell done by Western comic writers and artists 00:24:58 - Automatic Behavior by Max Gladstone & David López 00:33:24 - dakazu did not like seeing one page spreads split into multiple panels 00:37:08 - Redbloods by Alex de Campi & Giannis Milonogiannis 00:44:35 - Darfox and dakazu debate whether themes of transhumanism were intentional in this story 00:47:24 - After the Ball is Over by Genevieve Valentine & Brent Schoonover 00:56:03 - dakazu notes how Western comics rely on colors to add texture to the art compared to the various inking techniques manga artists use 00:59:12 - Star Gardens by Brenden Fletcher & LRNZ 01:06:03 - We discuss how the characterization of Major Kusanagi doesn’t match her other iterations 01:13:16 - We discover that we might be the perfect audience for this book 01:20:09 - We share our final thoughts on this anthology 01:22:52 - Next Week’s Topic: Devil’s Line & Inuyashiki & Witch Hat Atelier, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Chris makes a character for Demon Hunter X - a tough Strike Force Zero operative based off Major Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell. Mike and Chigg tag along for color commentary, and also discuss a few cool additional rules for Shih and SF0 characters alike. Check out the Darker Days Blog for a copy of this episodes character sheet! Time Stamps:00:01:38 - News00:03:00 - Demon Hunter X Character Creation Darker Days is currently looking for new, diverse voices to join our podcasting, demoing, and publication team! If you're interested, just drop us a line on social media. Be sure to check us out on Facebook or through our brand new Discord server https://discord.gg/GGuRKAn. To stay up to date, subscribe through iTunes or Spotify!          Links For This Episode:   Midnight Express Podcast: http://midnightexpress.podbean.com/ Full Metal RPG: https://soundcloud.com/full-metal-rpg The Effekt Podcast: https://www.effektpodcast.org/ Darker Days Discord: https://discord.gg/GGuRKAn Ashes of Memory: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/280526/Ashes-of-Memory New Qiao Powers for Demon Hunter X: https://darkerdaysradio.wordpress.com/?p=2971 Demon Hunter X Character: https://darkerdaysradio.wordpress.com/?p=3019    

Originally Broadcast - Dec 2014 Brandon Tenold (Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews) makes his podcast debut on this episode to discuss two of his favourite films from the list. First up is the Anime classic and highly influential "Ghost in the Shell" in which cyborg cop Major Kusanagi hunts with her team for an illusive hacker called the Puppet Master. Also discussed is Sam Raimi infamous and controversial debut, in which a group of friends accidently unleash an ancient evil with memorably gory results. A film which not only created a Launchpad for his directing career, but also for b-movie legend Bruce Campbell as well, while we also look at its long lasting legacy. All this plus Saturday morning cartoons, questionable cash in's, the video nasties scandal and much more!! ** Sorry about the sound issues at the start, which I hope won't affect people enjoyment too much ** Links For more of Elwood's movie rants check out - http://fromthedepthsofdvdhell.blogspot.co.uk/ For more Brandon check out - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBrandonTenold/videos The Akira Project - http://youtu.be/t1GO-93Nt3c Project 2501 (Live Action Ghost in the Shell) - http://youtu.be/CS64fU9upD8

In the first of many matches conceived by one of our supporters on Patreon, Smash Fiction dives into the smoke-filled, neon-lit world of cybernoir! A Cylon has crash-landed in the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, and though it looks human, it seeks only to murder, destroy, and fuck with people's heads using big, scary words. Two detectives specializing in this manner of target, retired blade runner Rick Deckard and Section 9's Major Motoko Kusanagi -- or at least her "ghost", housed in a sort of "shell" -- are called in to track the Cylon down and show it what grim dystopian justice looks like. But of course, the two can't get along and demand to work individually, making it an investigative race to both track their quarry and take it down. Will Deckard use his old-fashioned clue-seeking skills, weird eyeball tests, and questionable proficiency with steel piping to make Kusanagi want to throw herself in front of a tank? Or will the Major's computer brain, superhuman fighting skills, and deep questions about the nature of reality ensure that Deckard's chances of victory are lost like tears in rain? Also, Kit asks the tough questions, Dan drops some inhumanity bombs on his unsuspecting co-hosts, Colin pulls out a Wayne Gretsky quote, Miles apparently thinks Blade Runner and Game of Thrones exist in the same universe, and MeganBob invents a butt-related alternative to the Turing test. As for how the episode ends...well, it's left deliberately ambiguous. OR IS IT? Support Smash Fiction by becoming a Patron at www.patreon.com/smashfictionpodcast

Major Kusanagi has had her entire body replaced with cyborg parts. As a member of a special task force, she has to hunt down a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master who makes her question her very existence. Go find us on social media! We want to hear from you! Follow the official account on Twitter (@sequencepod). You can also find articles and updates from us on the Geekly Inc website. You can also find us on; Vince (@vincekenny), Kym (@kymcattys) and Ben (@benstonick). Special guest Tara can be found here:@tara__tea and Will can be found here: @RollWill_ Or! Drop us an email address with transformationsequence@gmail.com You can listen to Transformation sequence on Stitcher, too! http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/transformation-sequence

Join the Editorial Board of Other Sci Fi Magazine to again discuss the phenomenon of whitewashing in the context of Scarlett Johansen accepting the role of Major Kusanagi, a Japanese woman, in the long-awaited live action film for the anime classic Ghost in the Shell. Who is responsible for the whitewash? Should the studio stop making these incongruous role offers or should the actors have the ethics not to accept the roles? Join us tonight to voice your position.