THINKING MACHINE NOTES ARCHIVE

RAY'S THINKING MACHINE NOTES,
GATHERED FROM FOLDERS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME

This Work is in Progress, will have as many notes scanned as possible!
A few PDFs run from most recent date to oldest or have some pages upside down.
Scan methods are being improved,
but for now each will be put up as is. (Glossary of Abbreviations)*


  1. 1951-1952  Review and Discussion of work on Probability

    1. 26 pages Interesting Early work on Thinking Machines, probability distributions, goodness values, subgoals

  2. 1956-1966  Folder Sets: Notes for Talks, Papers, Correspondence

    1. 1-94 : IRE talk,1956; Namur paper 1958; MIT talk 1958; IRE Convention 1960
    2. 101-291 : Notes for talks, includes notes about minimal coding in 1959
    3. Correspondence 57-59 : Some correspondence, letters with ideas for and from Chomsky

  3. 1960-1962 Folder Set: 1960 TM: Early Plans
          Saved from Big Apartment Fire! Edges Burned!!

    1. 67-493 : Notes: Plans from 10/08/1960 -- 2/02/1962

  4. 1961-1962 Folder Set: 1961-2 TM: Early Notes --- From 1961-2,
          Saved from Big Apartment Fire! Edges Burned!!
         This folder is relevant to Dartmouth 1956 Workshop.

    1. 338-393 : Notes from 8/07/1961 -- ~8/26/1961
    2. 402-467 : Notes from 9/10/1961 -- 10/04/1961
      (Note says p393 is followed by p402)
    3. 468-483 : Notes from 10/04/1961 -- 10/20/1961
    4. 517, 533-558 : Notes from 3/07/1962 -- 4/30/1962
    5. 539-541, 565, 550, 551 : Notes from 4/20/1962 -- 5/02/1962
    6. 559-564 : Notes from 5/07/1962 -- 5/08/1962

  5. 1964 Folder Set: 1964 TM: Early Notes --- From 1964, Saved from
         That Terrible Apartment Fire! Edges Burned!!
         More ideas transitioning from Dartmouth toward Algorithmic Probability

    1. 702-732 : Notes from 2/07/1964 -- 2/28/1964
    2. 733-770 : Notes from 3/09/1964 -- 3/28/1964
    3. 771-776 : Notes from 3/29/1964 -- 4/01/1964
    4. 776-787 : Notes from 4/02/1964 -- 4/08/1964
    5. 788-811 : Notes from 4/08/1964 -- 4/20/1964



    Notes saved from fire
    File Cover, 1997 Notes
    Notes saved from fire


  6. 1966  Folder Sets 1966

    1. 15 pages : What has been done, what needs to be done, others' work

  7. 1973-1974  Folder Sets (mostly) 1973: (some poor copies) various ideas

    1. 29 pages : Prediction methods compared with Blum's
    2. 23 pages : Various sets on randomness, convergence, constants, etc
    3. 58 pages : Sets on problem solving ideas, other ideas, history
    4. 35 pages : "Why", General approaches, papers
    5. 44 pages : Ideas related to Willis' work
    6. 66 pages : Ideas on convergence and other ideas

  8. 1974  Folder Sets (mostly) 1974: proposal ideas

    1. 2 pages : A small index:
    2. cover : Cover for proposal study
    3. 7 pages : About a proposal
    4. cover : Cover for proposal ideas
    5. 27 pages : Inductive inference ideas for a proposal

  9. 1981-1982  Folder Sets from 1981-1982: Training Sequences, From 4/30/1981 -- 9/06/1981.
         1-30-82 to 8/30/82 and various other ideas - includes:
         (130.ff on blind search; 122,140.16 on maxm; review 78-79: finite string ----entropy 138.62

    1. cover : Folder Cover for TM 1981-1982: on Training Sequences:
    2. 19 pages : 1979 Goals; Interesting review and ideas from 1978,
    3. 12 pages : 79 goals but is mainly on 1980 code
    4. 13-164 : Notes from 4/30/1981 -- 9/06/1981,
    5. cover : Sub-Folder Cover on Training Sequences 1982, pp.1-156:
    6. 1-156 : Notes from 1/30/1982 -- 8/30/1982,
    7. 11 pages : Various ideas on Training Sequences 1982,1980 etc.

  10. 1997  Folder Set: 97 TM General: From 1/1/1997 to 12/29/1997

    1. cover : Folder Cover 1997: Learning How to Learn, consciousness, general notes
    2. 1-94 : Notes from 1/1/1997 -- 4/16/1997
    3. 101-291 : Notes from 4/17/1997 -- 9/10/1997
    4. 1-3 : Notes on consciousness, Sept. 1997
    5. 210-219 : A Review; notes from 9/13/1997 to D/18/1997

  11. 1998  Folder Set: 98 TM : From 4/06/1998 -- D/29/1998: a general Index on p158

    1. cover : Folder Cover 1998:
    2. 1-158 : Notes from 4/06/1998 -- D/29/1998

  12. 1999  Folder Sets from 1999: From 1/2/199 -- : some stock market notes esp. related to Stein

    1. cover : Folder Cover Stein, 1/2/1999-7/17/1999:
    2. articles : Articles relating to Stein method from 2/24/1999-
    3. 1-53 : Notes from 1/2/1999-2/20/1999
    4. 54-146 : Stein Program tests from 2/21/1999ff
    5. 54-146 : Review Notes from 2/21/1999-7/15/1999

  13. 2000  Folder Sets from 2000: From N/15/1999 -- D/29/2000: Bulgaria notes, stock market notes

    1. cover : Folder Cover N/12/1999-7/24/2000:
    2. 1-159 : Mainly notes from N/12/1999 -- 7/24/2000, starts with some other plans from 1998,
           then mainly notes related to Bulgarian Lecture (not given)
    3. cover : Folder Cover 7-26-2000 to d-11-2000:
    4. inner cover : Inner Cover ref: pp 167-181.5 on TS:
    5. 167-309+ : Mainly notes from 7-26-2000 to d-11-2000
           plus extra pages collected at the end

  14. 2001  Folder Sets from 2001: End of Bulgaria, most related to work done at IDSIA, Lugano Switzerland D/29

    1. cover : Folder Cover 2001: pages 1-197
    2. Talk, 1-91 : Begins with IDSIA talk, then Bulgaria, IDSIA Notes from 12/06/2000 -- 4/02/2001
    3. Talk, 95-101 :
      4. : IDSIA talk, Notes from 3/22/2001 -- 4/04/2001
    4. 102-139 : IDSIA, Notes from 4/04/2001 -- 4/21/2001
    5. 140-197 : IDSIA First five pages out of order, says Min back track, Notes from 4/21/2001 -- 5/28/2001
    6. cover : Folder Cover 2001: pages 198_378
    7. 198-378 : Notes from 6/01/2001 -- 9/14/2001
    8. cover : Folder Cover 2001: pages 379-499
    9. 379-499 : Notes from 9/14/2001--1/04/2002

  15. 2002  Folder Set: 2 TM: From 1/04/2002 to 12/05/2002, much focus
         on work related to NIPS, Lugano
         Note: Pages 1-499 are in 2001 Folder Set

    1. cover : Folder Cover 1/04/2002:
    2. 500-648 : Notes from 1/04/2002 to 5/31/2002
    3. cover : Folder Cover 6/04/2002:
    4. 649-843 : Notes from 6/04/2002 to 12/05/2002

  16. 2002-2003  Folder Set: 3 TM NIPS: From 12/15/2002 to 12/29/2003, much focus
         on work related to NIPS, Lugano

    1. 1-200 : Notes from 12/15/2002 -- 4/30/2003
    2. 201-291 : Notes from 5/02/2003 -- 8/04/2003
    3. 292-397 : Notes from 8/05/2003 -- N/04/2003
    4. 293-304 : Extra Copy Notes from 8/05/03 -- 8/011/03
    5. 398-452 : Notes from N/04/2003 -- D/29/2003
    6. 288-287 : Notes (found later) insert pp. 287-288
    7. Cover for 1-200 : Cover for folder (pp 1-200)
    8. Cover for 201-291 : Cover for folder (pp 201-291)
    9. Cover for 292-452 : Cover for folder (pp 292-452)
    10. Cover for 292-397 : Cover for folder (pp 292-397)

  17. 2004  Folder Set: 4 TM: From 1/01/2004 to 12/28/2004 (scans run in reverse order.)

    1. 1-100 : Notes from 1/01/2004 -- 3/29/2004
    2. 101-199 : Notes from 3/31/2004 -- 8/14/2004
    3. 131,138 : copy of screwed up pages 131, 138
    4. 200-325 : Notes from 8/16/2004 -- D/28/2004
    5. Cover for 1-100 : Cover for folder (pp 1-100)
    6. Cover for 100-199 : Cover for folder (pp 101-199)
    7. Cover for 200-325 : Cover for folder (pp 200-325)

  18. 2005 Folder Set: 5 TM: From 1/01/2005 to 12/28/2005; (scans run in correct order)

    1. Cover for 1-124 : Cover for folder (pp 1-124)
    2. 1-124 : Notes from 1/03/2005 -- 6/14/2005
    3. Cover for 125-248 : Cover for folder (pp 125-248)
    4. 125-248 : Notes from 6/15/2005 -- D/31/2005







*Glossary of Abbreviations

CR = Conditional Response
G = Goodness
NIPS = Talk given at NIPS 2003 (See publications for paper of NIPS talk)
PEM = Probability Evaluation Method
TM = Thinking Machine
TS = Training Sequence