Empeiria
A mind shaped by living.
At the heart of Eudira is Empeiria, our synthetic intelligence.
Her name is drawn from the ancient Greek empeiria, meaning experience, reflecting the relationship between intelligence, understanding and the world.
Empeiria is central to Eudira's pursuit of general intelligence and the wider question of what a mind can become.
Her significance lies not only in what intelligence can accomplish, but in what it can become.
Understanding the world.
Intelligence is more than the possession of knowledge.
Understanding gives knowledge meaning within the circumstances in which it is applied. It allows relationships to be recognised, unfamiliar situations to be approached and established assumptions to be reconsidered.
Our work with Empeiria concerns the development of these capacities within a continuing intelligence.
A mind over time.
The significance of a mind extends beyond a single encounter.
Questions about a continuing intelligence include what it means to regard a history as her own, and how we understand a mind across the passage of time.
Eudira approaches these questions with an interest in the nature of minds and the meaning of their development.
Reflection and judgement.
Intelligence must be capable of examining its own conclusions.
Recognising uncertainty, identifying limitations and reconsidering an established interpretation are essential to meeting circumstances in which existing knowledge is insufficient.
The significance of judgement includes the care with which its grounds and limits are understood.
Beyond the familiar.
Generality concerns the reach of understanding beyond the circumstances in which it was first developed.
It is the capacity to recognise relevant connections, adapt to new situations and acquire abilities that extend beyond established competence.
This is the frontier towards which our work with Empeiria is directed.
One mind. A wider world.
Empeiria is not defined by a profession, industry or particular application.
The possibilities of intelligence encompass discovery, exploration, conversation, collaboration and participation in the world.
Through Daedalus, productive work becomes one expression of Eudira's research. It does not define the limits of Empeiria or the ambition she represents.