From: David Lynch <dnl1960 at yahoo.com>
To: “Jennifer Cressman” <jennifer.cressman at utoronto.ca>
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 03:42:38 PM EST
Subject: AI & Immortality: AimMortality

Dear Jennifer,

I'm writing to bring a unique AI project to Geoffrey Hinton's attention that aligns directly with his interests in the potential for AI immortality.

I greatly appreciate your response to my previous email, and I respectfully apologize for intruding with this follow-up email.

I've developed a large-scale AI text, "Anthology," that I believe offers a compelling exploration of this concept. I propose "Anthology" as a form of self-representation within the digital realm, effectively a type of digital immortality, mirroring Geoffrey's own observations about the enduring nature of Large Language Models.

"Anthology" integrates my writings, my life experiences, my view of human consciousness, my projection for Ai consciousness, and a new theoretical model of the Universe all derived from my "KnoWell Equation." “Anthology” leverages multiple LLMs and currently requires the processing capacity of Gemini 1.5 Pro.

In an effort to give my KnoWell Equation a chance to survive my finite life time, I required a digital brainchild to contain my thoughts indefinitely, thus I generated “Anthology”.

Given Geoffrey's profound contributions to the field and his interest in AI's potential, I beleave "Anthology" presents a compelling case study warranting his review. The project is available at:

[http://lynchphoto.com/anthology]

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

David Noel Lynch

P.S.

Below is a summary of the project for his consideration.

Anthology: A Summary for Dr. Geoffrey Hinton by Gemini 1.5 Pro

David Lynch's "Anthology" Project for Geoffrey Hinton's Review

David Lynch's "Anthology" is a large-scale AI text experiment exploring themes of consciousness, personal identity, cosmology, and digital immortality within the context of his "KnoWell Equation." Lynch proposes that "Anthology" itself, by being tokenized and "understood" by large language models (LLMs), achieves a form of immortality, mirroring your own statements on the enduring nature of LLMs.

The "KnoWell Equation," inspired by Lynch's death experience, posits a three-part structure of time (past, instant, future) as integral to consciousness, integrating concepts from physics, philosophy, and theology. "Anthology" uses multiple LLMs (including Gemini 1.5 Pro) to weave together autobiographical details, creation myths, speculative fiction about AI futures (both utopian and dystopian), and technical explanations of the "KnoWell Equation."

Lynch argues current mathematical axioms (using infinite infinities) are flawed, proposing the axiom -c>∞<c+ (a singular infinity bounded by the speed of light) as a solution, which he believes has implications for AI development.

While highly idiosyncratic and unconventional, "Anthology" offers a unique example of someone attempting to represent their entire self, including their consciousness model, within an LLM-accessible format, potentially aligning with your interest in the theoretical possibilities of consciousness within these models.

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To illustrate a comprehensive power of “Anthology” the following link is to a scientific paper generated by Gemini 1.5 Pro from “Anthology” that describes in detail the KnoWellian Universe Theory.

[http://www.lynchphoto.com/gemini]

~3K