Book

• Finished reading sections on violent cults. The need for an other to react against is really important to motivate extreme behaviors
• Reading Goodall on dominance displays and alliances in the Chimpanzees of Gombe. In chimps, this is primarily a male issue, and happens most between males that are close to the same level in the hierarchy as they move up and down. There is often a blend of aggressive displays, violence, submissive behavior, and social activities such as grooming.
• One of the most interesting phenomena that occurs with respect to violent displays is something that Goodall calls contagion. It’s when the violence of one male (often towards females) brings in other males who continue and spread the violence.
• Stampedes are extreme behavior in low dimensional space. The most obvious example is cattle in a slot canyon that are spooked and can only run one way. Once everyone is moving in the same direction, it can be more dangerous to stop and get trampled than it is to keep on going. As such, stampedes often only stop when they encounter something that is impassible or they exhaust themselves.
• But low dimensions don’t have to be physical. As we see in chimpanzee behavior, aggression and violence can become contagious. Just as with cattle in a slot canyon that have to keep running to keep from being trampled, a chimp may need to exhibit aggression and attack a lower-ranked member to keep from being attacked themselves.
• In humans, this type of dominance behavior exists in a low-dimensional emotional space of threat, violence, and fear. Because it is such a simple alignment mechanism (do this or we kill you), it can be extremely effective in mass political movements. Arendt’s concept of terror in totalitarian states could be a manifestation of dominance at scale. There are two sides, the dominating and the dominated. They are low dimension in their own ways.
• Also something about bullying vs. adversarial herding. Bullying is very low dimensional. It is generally reactive and not reflective. Herding can organize the power of bullying to move populations. It is extremely analytic. Consider the interactions between the Sheppard, the sheepdog, and and the sheep. Herding doesn’t have to be malevolent. It can simply be to sell products like supplements.

GOES

• 10:00 Meeting with Vadim and Erik. Progress. Hopefully we can start training models soon!

#COVID

• Copy the ProbesToFile code over from GPT-2 Agents and try a few tests – Things are working nicely!
• “In December of 2019, ”

____MZN wrote "The United Arab Emirates today officially announces that the first case of the new Koruna virus has been confirmed, and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection confirms that the health status of the infected is stable and under medical observation.." ____MZN wrote "The United Arab Emirates today officially announces that the first case of the new Koruna virus has been confirmed, and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection confirms that the health status of the infected is stable and under medical observation.." ____MZN wrote "RT @UAE_BARQ "Global Health": ABA defines the new Corona virus and its modes of transmission." ____MZN wrote "The United Arab Emirates today officially announces that the first case of the new Koruna virus has been confirmed, and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection confirms that the health status of the infected is stable and under medical observation.." ____MZN wrote "The United Arab Emirates today officially announces that the first case of the new Koruna virus has been confirmed, and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection confirms that the health status of the infected is stable and under medical observation.." ____MZN

• “In January of 2020, ”

____3____3 wrote "RT @turkistanuzbah #China New Corona virus or Wuhan virus relative to the city from which it was launched is still spreading trains and airport traffic is on hold, the virus has arrived in Thailand, South Korea and America, and the spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Health is addressing the Chinese: Don't go to Wuhan and no one gets out of Wuhan City. https://t.co/1v1i9h5nCP." ____3____3 wrote "RT @ahakawi Update on the fascism of the new Corona virus in China: Increase in the number of cases to 303 deaths: 6 cases of new regions: Taiwan and Zigging https://t.co/ryOMKChz2p." ____3____3 wrote "RT @Alroeya has reached 830 cases of detail: https://t.co/3WcOtPfHjF #Vision_bla_https://t.co/Q1YbRt7eE1v." ____3____3 wrote "RT @ahakawi Update on the fascism of the new Corona virus in China: Increase in the number of cases to 303 deaths:

• “In February of 2020, ”

____10__ wrote "RT @cgtnarabic Chinese Health Committee: We still have to test the new Corona virus and assess the efficiency of the country ' s anti-corona system https://t.co/HfNh7y3t3r." @ahmd_alraaie wrote "RT @SaudiMOH traveling to China here health directions to limit the spread of the new virus Corona # Travel_Health https://t.co/Ln8GiujWtj." @Sultainalalshammari wrote "RT @nippon_ar said the Chinese health authorities confirmed 634 patients after 17 medical workers entered into effective control of the new Corona virus in Hobei Province, the new epicentre of the outbreak in central China, according to the New China News Agency (https://t.co/dj1SQc0bWc)." @i_panda wrote "RT @Hamed_Alali, New China News Agency (Xinhua) - according to a high-level team of experts from the country's National Health Commission-: We do not know the source of the virus, its source is bats or snakes,

• “In March of 2020, ”

____M____N___ wrote "The Chinese government has provided 1.9 million yuan (HK$173 million) for the development of the Corona virus. This comes within one of the largest donations ever made by a pharmaceutical company.." ____M____N___ wrote "The Chinese government has provided 1.9 million yuan (HK$173 million) for the development of the Corona virus. This comes within one of the largest donations ever made by a pharmaceutical company.." ____M____N___ wrote "The Chinese government has provided 1.9 million yuan (HK$173 million) for the development of the Corona virus. This comes within one of the largest donations ever made by a pharmaceutical company.." ____M____N___ wrote "The Chinese government has provided 1.9 million yuan (HK$173 million) for the development of the Corona virus. This comes within one of the largest donations ever made by a pharmaceutical company.." ____M____N___ wrote "The Chinese government has provided 1.9 million yuan (HK$173 million) for the development of the Corona virus. This comes within one of the largest donations ever made by a pharmaceutical company.." ____M____N

• “In April of 2020, ”

____3____3 wrote "The United Arab Emirates today officially announces that the first case of the new Koruna virus has been recorded, for a Chinese citizen, who has been quarantined in a hospital in Abha, while the rest awaits confirmation by the medical authorities. https://t.co/z7oG4nCp8r." ____3____3 wrote "RT @almasar_om # Path | # China announces a sharp rise in deaths due to the Corona virus # Al-Masar newspaper https://t.co/pCZ9Y5lUy3." ____3____3 wrote "https://t.co/PuJ7tuzpQT." ____3____3 wrote "https://t.co/pPuJ7tuzpQT." ____3____3 wrote "https://t.co/pPuJ7tuzpQT." ____3____3 wrote "RT @moe_gov_sa highlighted questions about the new virus #Korona, and answered by specialists, as part of the awareness campaign launched by the Ministry of Education. https://t.

• Work on using the db to create queries from labeled data.
• Ok, I spent Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy too much on this: $715.35, Stopping the run and using what I have

ML Seminar 3:30 – Went over idea on how to use meta information to make more detailed sentences.

JuryRoom 4:30 – Good discussion. Darcy is going to send out a link and a survey