Podcasts about Norbert Wiener

fWotD Episode 2964: Emmy Noether Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Monday, 16 June 2025, is Emmy Noether.Amalie Emmy Noether (US: , UK: ; German: [ˈnøːtɐ]; 23 March 1882 – 14 April 1935) was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She also proved Noether's first and second theorems, which are fundamental in mathematical physics. Noether was described by Pavel Alexandrov, Albert Einstein, Jean Dieudonné, Hermann Weyl and Norbert Wiener as the most important woman in the history of mathematics. As one of the leading mathematicians of her time, she developed theories of rings, fields, and algebras. In physics, Noether's theorem explains the connection between symmetry and conservation laws.Noether was born to a Jewish family in the Franconian town of Erlangen; her father was the mathematician Max Noether. She originally planned to teach French and English after passing the required examinations, but instead studied mathematics at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, where her father lectured. After completing her doctorate in 1907 under the supervision of Paul Gordan, she worked at the Mathematical Institute of Erlangen without pay for seven years. At the time, women were largely excluded from academic positions. In 1915, she was invited by David Hilbert and Felix Klein to join the mathematics department at the University of Göttingen, a world-renowned center of mathematical research. The philosophical faculty objected, however, and she spent four years lecturing under Hilbert's name. Her habilitation was approved in 1919, allowing her to obtain the rank of Privatdozent.Noether remained a leading member of the Göttingen mathematics department until 1933; her students were sometimes called the "Noether Boys". In 1924, Dutch mathematician B. L. van der Waerden joined her circle and soon became the leading expositor of Noether's ideas; her work was the foundation for the second volume of his influential 1931 textbook, Moderne Algebra. By the time of her plenary address at the 1932 International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich, her algebraic acumen was recognized around the world. The following year, Germany's Nazi government dismissed Jews from university positions, and Noether moved to the United States to take up a position at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. There, she taught graduate and post-doctoral women including Marie Johanna Weiss and Olga Taussky-Todd. At the same time, she lectured and performed research at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.Noether's mathematical work has been divided into three "epochs". In the first (1908–1919), she made contributions to the theories of algebraic invariants and number fields. Her work on differential invariants in the calculus of variations, Noether's theorem, has been called "one of the most important mathematical theorems ever proved in guiding the development of modern physics". In the second epoch (1920–1926), she began work that "changed the face of [abstract] algebra". In her classic 1921 paper Idealtheorie in Ringbereichen (Theory of Ideals in Ring Domains), Noether developed the theory of ideals in commutative rings into a tool with wide-ranging applications. She made elegant use of the ascending chain condition, and objects satisfying it are named Noetherian in her honor. In the third epoch (1927–1935), she published works on noncommutative algebras and hypercomplex numbers and united the representation theory of groups with the theory of modules and ideals. In addition to her own publications, Noether was generous with her ideas and is credited with several lines of research published by other mathematicians, even in fields far removed from her main work, such as algebraic topology.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:12 UTC on Monday, 16 June 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Emmy Noether on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Geraint.

The evolution of AI is changing the way we interact with the physical world, not just in how we use this technology, but also where and how we access it. In this episode, Reid and Aria sit down with Meta's Chief Technology Officer, Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, who is pioneering wearables for the company. Boz's journey in the tech sector has taken him from working on Microsoft Visio to founding Reality Labs, Meta's AR and VR division. Now, he's focused on the next frontier in mixed realities with his latest project, Orion, a pair of AR glasses. Boz offers an Orion demo and shares his vision for wearables as an equalizing technology that can unlock superpowers for every person. Plus, they check-in on the state of AI as it relates to open source software, safety, hyperscalers, and startups.   For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/  Topics: 1:03 - Episode introduction 3:36 - How Boz's farm upbringing influenced his career and perspective on the digital world  7:02 - How will wearables influence how we navigate the physical and digital worlds?  9:46 - Meta's AI philosophy 11:27 - Pi explains Norbert Wiener's construct of information theory 14:28 - What would it take to build AI world models? 15:09 - What are the most significant use cases for Orion? 19:01 - Can Orion accommodate monocular vision? 20:00 - Boz's response to Orion skeptics 22:29 - Boz gives predictions on our AI future 25:09 - What would it look like to have a compatible system of wearables?  27:30 - Unexpected discoveries from Orion testing 29:33 - What is Meta's focus in the AI space for the years to come? 30:48 - How do we ensure that AI innovation is used for good? 35:28 - Boz responds to Meta's changes in fact checking policy 37:11 - How will hyperscalers and start-ups flourish in the AI game? 40:06 - Boz shares his review on “The Wild Robot” 42:24 - Rapid-fire questions Select mentions:  The Martian by Andy Weir Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter J. C. R. Licklider, psychologist and computer scientist Douglas Engelbart, engineer and computer science pioneer Norbert Wiener, computer scientist and mathematician Yann LeCun, computer scientist and Chief AI Scientist at Meta  Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist, Reality Labs, Meta Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster 4-H, a youth development program from the USDA The Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) Qualified Business Income Deduction (QBI) Possible is an award-winning podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. Most of all, it asks: what if, in the future, everything breaks humanity's way? Tune in for grounded and speculative takes on how technology—and, in particular, AI—is inspiring change and transforming the future. Hosted by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger, each episode features an interview with an ambitious builder or deep thinker on a topic, from art to geopolitics and from healthcare to education. These conversations also showcase another kind of guest: AI. Whether it's Inflection's Pi, OpenAI's ChatGPT or other AI tools, each episode will use AI to enhance and advance our discussion about what humanity could possibly get right if we leverage technology—and our collective effort—effectively.

Matt Prewitt and Gary Zhexi Zhang discuss Chinese cybernetics, focusing on pioneer Qian Xuesen and how the field developed differently in China versus the West. They explore how Chinese cybernetics emerged as a practical tool for nation-building, examining its scientific foundations, political context, and broader cultural impact. Together, they discuss key concepts like information control systems while highlighting the field's interdisciplinary nature and its evolution from thermodynamic to information-based approaches.Links & References: References:The Critical Legacy of Chinese Cybernetics by Gary Zhexi Zhang | Combinations Magazine Cybernetics - WikipediaNorbert Wiener ("Father of Cybernetics")Whose entropy is it anyway? (Part 1: Boltzmann, Shannon, and Gibbs ) — Chris AdamiCollection: Norbert Wiener papers | MIT ArchivesSpaceRelationship between entropy of a language and crossword puzzles (a comment from Claude Shannon) - Mathematics Stack ExchangeA Mathematical Theory of Communication BY C.E. SHANNON | Harvard MathA Mathematical Theory of Communication - WikipediaCybernetics - MITBrownian motion - WikipediaIntercontinental ballistic missile - Wikipedia AKA “ICBMs”Summary: The Macy ConferencesWarren Sturgis McCulloch (Neuroscience), Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead (Cultural Anthropology)Claude Shannon (Mathematician)The Bandwagon BY CLAUDE E. SHANNONFrom Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner, introductionFrom Cybernetics to AI: the pioneering work of Norbert Wiener - Max Planck NeuroscienceMarvin Minsky | AI Pioneer, Cognitive Scientist & MIT Professor | BritannicBios:Gary Zhexi Zhang is an artist and writer. He is the editor of Catastrophe Time! (Strange Attractor Press, 2023) and most recently exhibited at the 9th Asian Art Biennial, Taichung.Gary's Social Links:Gary Zhexi Zhang (@hauntedsurimi) / X Matt Prewitt (he/him) is a lawyer, technologist, and writer. He is the President of the RadicalxChange Foundation.Matt's Social Links:ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ (@m_t_prewitt) / X Connect with RadicalxChange Foundation:RadicalxChange Website@RadxChange | TwitterRxC | YouTubeRxC | InstagramRxC | LinkedInJoin the conversation on Discord.Credits:Produced by G. Angela Corpus.Co-Produced, Edited, Narrated, and Audio Engineered by Aaron Benavides.Executive Produced by G. Angela Corpus and Matt Prewitt.Intro/Outro music by MagnusMoone, “Wind in the Willows,” is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Vi tar sjansen på at juleferien har gjort dere godt, og at både dere og jeg nå er såpass uthvilte i topplokket at vi endelig tåler å gyve løs på kybernetikken. Returnerende gjest er frilansjournalist, kommende forfatter og doktorgradsstudent Ellen Emilie Henriksen. Mye av kvelden vil bli viet mannen som kom opp med begrepet, Norbert Wiener. Den meget deprimerte, amfetaminavhengige pasifisten som de lærde strides om var klin kokos eller et stort geni. Det vil bli rundturer innom alt fra jødisk mytologi til KI, kyborger og kommunisme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vi tar sjansen på at juleferien har gjort dere godt, og at både dere og jeg nå er såpass uthvilte i topplokket at vi endelig tåler å gyve løs på kybernetikken. Returnerende gjest er frilansjournalist, kommende forfatter og doktorgradsstudent Ellen Emilie Henriksen. Mye av kvelden vil bli viet mannen som kom opp med begrepet, Norbert Wiener. Den meget deprimerte, amfetaminavhengige pasifisten som de lærde strides om var klin kokos eller et stort geni. Det vil bli rundturer innom alt fra jødisk mytologi til KI, kyborger og kommunisme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025: For millions of people, the new year starts with the self-promise to improve, to quit smoking, alcohol, to get in shape, to stay young and attractive, to basically create and become a new me. While traditionally new year vows meant to relinquish, today there seem to be many helpers in the form of biohacking. Beginning with diets and not ending with technical devices. While there are real shortcuts and fake abbreviations to reach some of those goals, there´s also traditional ways. In "New year old me – no biohacks needed", Louise von Stechow and Andreas Horchler try to distinguish what´s worth trying and what to avoid. Disclaimer: Louise von Stechow & Andreas Horchler and their guests express their personal opinions, which are founded on research on the respective topics, but do not claim to give medical, investment or even life advice in the podcast. Learn more about the future of biotech in our podcasts and keynotes. Contact us here: scientific communication: https://science-tales.com/ Podcasts: https://www.podcon.de/ Keynotes: https://www.zukunftsinstitut.de/louise-von-stechow Image: Lucas Favre, via Unsplash.

Il est essentiel pour certains, contraignant pour d'autres. La généralisation du télétravail a radicalement changé notre façon de travailler après le Covid. Dès le début de la pandémie, le gouvernement a recommandé le télétravail et l'a rendu obligatoire, dans la mesure du possible. Selon l'INSEE lors du premier confinement, près de la moitié de la population active, en France, a travaillé au moins une fois à son domicile contre seulement 22% en 2019.  Cette pratique nous viendrait des États-Unis, plus précisément de Norbert Wiener, le père fondateur de la cybernétique. Selon la Tribune, dans les années 1950, il supervise la construction d'un bâtiment américain alors qu'il est en Europe. Cela vous parait sûrement abstrait, et pourtant, ce sont les premières traces de ce que l'on considère aujourd'hui comme du télétravail. Le télétravail existait-il avant le Covid ? Ai-je le droit de télétravailler ? Quels sont les désavantages ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant vous savez". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Joanne Bourdin. À écouter aussi : Où sont les insectes en hiver ? [SPÉCIAL 5 ANS] 2019 : Les mobilisations des jeunes pour le climat ont-elles vraiment renversé la situation ? Serons-nous bientôt tous allergiques au pollen ? Retrouvez tous les épisodes de "Maintenant vous savez". Suivez Bababam sur Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sunday, 28 April 2024   Nevertheless the centurion was more persuaded by the helmsman and the owner of the ship than by the things spoken by Paul. Acts 27:11   More literally, the Greek reads, “But the centurion rather trusted the pilot and the shipmaster than these spoken by Paul” (CG).   In the previous verse, Paul noted from his personal experience and deduction that disaster lay ahead for the ship and the crew if the voyage to Rome was continued at this time. However, Paul's views were not shared by all. As it next says, “But the centurion rather trusted the pilot and the shipmaster.”   This is not a failing on the part of the centurion. He may have surmised that Paul wanted to delay his trip to Rome for some reason. Further, the ship was under the authority of these other two. It would seem illogical for them to risk everything if they didn't know what they were doing.   However, he probably ignored the fact that these men may have had a lot of loss by simply staying in port and waiting for the season to turn more favorable in order to continue the journey. He had to weigh out the matter and come to a decision. In the end, he accepted the words of these above those of Paul.   Both of these positions are new to Scripture. The first is the kubernétés, or pilot. This is derived from the same source as a similar noun found in 1 Corinthians 12:28, kubernésis, someone who steers, which is then applied to one who governs or administrates. Thus, the kubernétés is a steersman, helmsman, or pilot. This word is only found here and in Revelation 18:17.   The next word is the naukléros, or shipmaster. It is found only here in the New Testament. It is derived from two words signifying ship and lot (as in a lot that is cast), and thus a clerk. Therefore, it is the ship owner or ship master who hires out his ship.   Both of these men would normally be considered experienced enough to know what would be proper concerning the vessel they were in charge of. Therefore, the centurion accepted their words more “than these spoken by Paul.”   It will be an unfortunate choice. Paul will be sure to remind them of the consequences of not listening to him when disaster has fully come upon them.   Life application: The centurion, despite having sympathy for Paul, as was previously seen, was more willing to trust the judgment of the helmsman and the ship owner. He didn't consider the fact that the owner of the ship was surely under financial constraint.   The cargo was susceptible to being ruined if it sat too long and the shipmaster was paid by the owner. They would be more willing to take the chance of moving on because of this in order to find a more suitable harbor, or even make the entire journey to Rome, even with the associated dangers.   As noted, the centurion had to make a decision and he could not get inside of the heads and lives of the men who were making their arguments before him. He will, however, find out that Paul was a straight shooter. This is something that is important for us as Christians.   We need to be so trustworthy in what we say that people can take our words at face value. This is actually a charge for us from both Jesus and the apostles. We are told to let our yes be yes and our no be no. In other words, we are to speak and then perform according to our words. In this, we will be more reliable than even the steersman on a ship who must venture into the sea, risking life and/or property loss as he heads forth into the unknown.   As an interesting side note, the etymological root of our modern word cybernetics is from this same word, kubernétés. The word was first explained by Norbert Wiener, in his 1948 book of that title, noting it concerned the study of controlling and communicating in both the animal and the machine. This is true with the other word, kubernésis, as well. One can see the etymological root of cybernesis. Fun stuff, right out of the Bible.   Lord God, may we be careful to include You in our major decisions of life. When we are faced with something that has more than one important avenue to take, and which could lead to unhappy results if we take the wrong one, may we remember to pray to You and ask for Your guidance. In this, we will at least know that we have Your hand with us as we continue down the path we ultimately take. To Your glory, we pray this. Amen.  

Advanced Soviet Research on Cybernetics, Biofield Energetics, and Cognitive Restructuring with Dr. Hans Utter and Brandon, Part IV. Focus on Norbert Wiener. Hans Utter Website: https://hansutter.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phillip and Brian discuss the forgettable nature of AI music. Corporations' birthdays are an essential thing that we need to care about now. Also, an update on Lammers Law: everything eventually becomes an ad. PLUS: OSHA for the MIND?? Listen now.The Right to DisconnectKey takeaways:- Amazon is scaling back its Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh grocery stores. Due to technical limitations in grocery stores, it will be constrained to airports and small-format stores.- JPMorgan's use of customer transaction data for targeted advertising highlights the increasing importance of personalized content.- AI-generated music, such as that produced by Suno AI, may lack memorability but showcases the advancements in AI technology.- The "right to disconnect" bill in California reflects the ongoing need for work-life balance in an increasingly digital world.- Corporate anniversaries are becoming a popular marketing strategy and cultural celebration for brands.{00:11:41} - “People want the friction in their local community of chatting with their checker and chatting with people that are in line and living life in their community because they probably bump into people that they know, and it's part of their daily routine or their weekly routine or whatever to engage with the people in their communities as they go about doing their business.” - Brian{00:19:32} - “We all hate this idea, but the truth is that ads, good ads, and contextual ads add to a discovery mechanism in many platforms. Good ads heighten the experience of Instagram, I would argue. The good ads on Instagram make my experience of Instagram better. I think Instagram is a little bit worse if it has no ads because I discover things.” - Phillip{00:29:35} - “In my mind, this is as good as [AI music] will ever be. It doesn't only get better from here. Maybe the fidelity gets better. Maybe it can create stems. Maybe you can do more editing. Maybe you could go in and tweak things, and you'll have more creator tools, but it doesn't mean it gets more creative over time.” - Phillip{00:41:51} - “There's a really interesting amnesiac effect with this AI-generated music is it's incredibly forgettable. There's nothing remarkable or memorable about any of it. And I almost feel the same way about all AI-generated content. AI-generated art, AI-generated writing. There's nothing memorable or remarkable about it ever. The memorable thing is the discourse around it.” - Phillip{01:04:29} - “We are getting to a point now where we're hitting Norbert Wiener's prediction around "the world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be waited upon by our robot slaves." What we're bumping up right now against is pushing our minds further as far as they possibly can go, and there's a lot of burnout that's happening as a result.” - BrianAssociated Links:Check out Future Commerce+ for exclusive content and save on merch and printThe MUSES Journal is here! Grab your copy of our latest annual journal today at musesjournal.comHave you checked out our YouTube channel yet?Subscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce worldListen to our other episodes of Future CommerceHave any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!

¿Qué hay detrás de las Apple Vision Pro y otros nuevos dispositivos de realidad virtual? Abordamos este tema de actualidad desde una perspectiva filosófica utilizando los textos de Baudrillard y Guy Debord sobre las sociedades de consumo y espectáculo o sobre el concepto de simulacro. Así como a través de la literatura con textos como Neuromante de William Gibson o la biblia de la cibernética de Norbert Wiener, entre otros autores. Finalmente tocaremos un tema de misterio y conspiración, al rastrear el origen de SIRI y otros experimentos de control mental desclasificados recientemente en los Estados Unidos.

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: Against most AI risk analogies, published by Matthew Barnett on January 14, 2024 on LessWrong. I dislike most AI risk analogies that I've seen people use. While I think analogies can be helpful for explaining a concept to people for the first time, I think they are frequently misused, and often harmful. The fundamental problem is that analogies are consistently mistaken for, and often deliberately intended as arguments for particular AI risk positions. And the majority of the time when analogies are used this way, I think they are misleading and imprecise, routinely conveying the false impression of a specific, credible model of AI, even when no such credible model exists. Here is a random list of examples of analogies that I found in the context of AI risk: Stuart Russell: "It's not exactly like inviting a superior alien species to come and be our slaves forever, but it's sort of like that." Rob Wiblin: "It's a little bit like trying to understand how octopuses are going to think or how they'll behave - except that octopuses don't exist yet, and all we get to do is study their ancestors, the sea snail, and then we have to figure out from that what's it like to be an octopus." Eliezer Yudkowsky: "The character this AI plays is not the AI. The AI is an unseen actress who, for now, is playing this character. This potentially backfires if the AI gets smarter." Nate Soares: "My guess for how AI progress goes is that at some point, some team gets an AI that starts generalizing sufficiently well, sufficiently far outside of its training distribution, that it can gain mastery of fields like physics, bioengineering, and psychology [...] And in the same stroke that its capabilities leap forward, its alignment properties are revealed to be shallow, and to fail to generalize. Norbert Wiener: "when a machine constructed by us is capable of operating on its incoming data at a pace which we cannot keep, we may not know, until too late, when to turn it off. We all know the fable of the sorcerer's apprentice..." Geoffry Hinton: "It's like nuclear weapons. If there's a nuclear war, we all lose. And it's the same with these things taking over." Joe Carlsmith: "I think a better analogy for AI is something like an engineered virus, where, if it gets out, it gets harder and harder to contain, and it's a bigger and bigger problem." Ajeya Cotra: "Corporations might be a better analogy in some sense than the economy as a whole: they're made of these human parts, but end up pretty often pursuing things that aren't actually something like an uncomplicated average of the goals and desires of the humans that make up this machine, which is the Coca-Cola Corporation or something." Ezra Klein: "As my colleague Ross Douthat wrote, this is an act of summoning. The coders casting these spells have no idea what will stumble through the portal." SKLUUG: "AI risk is like Terminator! AI might get real smart, and decide to kill us all! We need to do something about it!" These analogies cover a wide scope, and many of them can indeed sometimes be useful in conveying meaningful information. My point is not that they are never useful, but rather that these analogies are generally shallow and misleading. They establish almost nothing of importance about the behavior and workings of real AIs, but nonetheless give the impression of a model for how we should think about AIs. And notice how these analogies can give an impression of a coherent AI model even when the speaker is not directly asserting it to be a model. Regardless of the speaker's intentions, I think the actual effect is frequently to plant a detailed-yet-false picture in the audience's mind, giving rise to specious ideas about how real AIs will operate in the future. Plus, these analogies are frequently chosen selectively - picked on the basis of ev...

Episode: 2901 Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics.  Today, let's talk about Norbert Wiener and cybernetics.

Lesson from Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Psycho-Cybernetics is a well-known self-improvement book. Its author, Maxwell Maltz, was a plastic surgeon who discovered that his patients frequently needed more than surgery to improve their self-image. In the book, Maltz details techniques for cultivating a positive internal goal, which he believes can lead to positive external outcomes. The book draws on the works of Preston Lecky, Norbert Wiener, and John von Neumann. - 00:00:00 - A new self-image 00:06:35 - What is Psycho-Cybernetics 00:08:15 - “You” are not a machine 00:10:43 - Zig-zag servo-mechanism 00:12:00 - “You” are not a failure 00:14:30 - Your current identity is built by your past narratives 00:16:23 - What stories are you telling yourself 00:21:00 - Get the “winning” feeling 00:23:55 - Make your inner reality more real than your external environment 00:25:50 - How Conor McGregor became the most successful athlete 00:31:40 - Integrate your emotions into your vision 00:33:00 - You already self-hypnotize unconsciously 00:38:15 - Why do you need goals for your creative-mechanism to function 00:39:44 - Viktor Frankl and why you need higher purposely goals 00:42:10 -Why knowing your purpose is crucial 00:43:45 - Trust the process 00:47:50 - Act as if you've achieved your goal 00:52:40 - Forgiveness = getting an emotional facelift 00:57:00 - The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. acronym - IJ Makan is a philosopher, designer, and martial artist. - Social & Website Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ijmakan⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ijmakan⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://becomingantifragile.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ijmakan.substack.com

What do you think of when you hear the term "cybernetics"? Well there's a solid chance you're wrong. This week we're taking a high level overview of an intellectual Swiss Army Knife that rewired the way we think about everything from economics to ecology, psychology to semiotics.  In this episode, we'll unravel the genius of Norbert Wiener, the surprisingly sympathetic mathematician who gave cybernetics its name and set the course for a science of control and communication. We also dissect the Macy Conferences, where mathematicians like John Von Neuman and anthropologists like Margaret Mead attempted to hash out a universal language for understanding systems across disciplines and may or may not have set the stage for things like, ya know, MK-Ultra and associated devils. Cybernetics is cool as hell though.    By supporting The Nonsense Bazaar on Patreon you provide us with the feedback which prevents us from resorting to…other means. You also get access to our bonus series The Corkboard Bizarre and our private Discord server. Do it. You know you want to.  https://patreon.com/thenonsensebazaar

Hi friends, we're on hiatus for the fall. To tide you over, we're putting up some favorite episodes from our archives. Enjoy! ---- [originally aired February 17, 2021] Guess what folks: we are celebrating a birthday this week. That's right, Many Minds has reached the ripe age of one year old. Not sure how old that is in podcast years, exactly, but it's definitely a landmark that we're proud of. Please no gifts, but, as always, you're encouraged to share the show with a friend, write a review, or give us a shout out on social. To help mark this milestone we've got a great episode for you. My guest is the writer, Brian Christian. Brian is a visiting scholar at the University of California Berkeley and the author of three widely acclaimed books: The Most Human Human, published in 2011; Algorithms To Live By, co-authored with Tom Griffiths and published in 2016; and most recently, The Alignment Problem. It was published this past fall and it's the focus of our conversation in this episode. The alignment problem, put simply, is the problem of building artificial intelligences—machine learning systems, for instance—that do what we want them to do, that both reflect and further our values. This is harder to do than you might think, and it's more important than ever. As Brian and I discuss, machine learning is becoming increasingly pervasive in everyday life—though it's sometimes invisible. It's working in the background every time we snap a photo or hop on Facebook. Companies are using it to sift resumes; courts are using it to make parole decisions. We are already trusting these systems with a bunch of important tasks, in other words. And as we rely on them in more and more domains, the alignment problem will only become that much more pressing. In the course of laying out this problem, Brian's book also offers a captivating history of machine learning and AI. Since their very beginnings, these fields have been formed through interaction with philosophy, psychology, mathematics, and neuroscience. Brian traces these interactions in fascinating detail—and brings them right up to the present moment. As he describes, machine learning today is not only informed by the latest advances in the cognitive sciences, it's also propelling those advances. This is a wide-ranging and illuminating conversation folks. And, if I may say so, it's also an important one. Brian makes a compelling case, I think, that the alignment problem is one of the defining issues of our age. And he writes about it—and talks about it here—with such clarity and insight. I hope you enjoy this one. And, if you do, be sure to check out Brian's book. Happy birthday to us—and on to my conversation with Brian Christian. Enjoy!   A transcript of this show is available here.   Notes and links 7:26 - Norbert Wiener's article from 1960, ‘Some moral and technical consequences of automation'. 8:35 - ‘The Sorcerer's Apprentice' is an episode from the animated film, Fantasia (1940). Before that, it was a poem by Goethe. 13:00 - A well-known incident in which Google's nascent auto-tagging function went terribly awry. 13:30 - The ‘Labeled Faces in the Wild' database can be viewed here. 18:35 - A groundbreaking article in ProPublica on the biases inherent in the Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) tool. 25:00 – The website of the Future of Humanity Institute, mentioned in several places, is here. 25:55 - For an account of the collaboration between Walter Pitts and Warren McCulloch, see here. 29:35- An article about the racial biases built into photographic film technology in the 20th century. 31:45 - The much-investigated Tempe crash involving a driverless car and a pedestrian: 37:17 - The psychologist Edward Thorndike developed the “law of effect.” Here is one of his papers on the law. 44:40 - A highly influential 2015 paper in Nature in which a deep-Q network was able to surpass human performance on a number of classic Atari games, and yet not score a single point on ‘Montezuma's Revenge.' 47:38 - A chapter on the classic “preferential looking” paradigm in developmental psychology: 53:40 - A blog post discussing the relationship between dopamine in the brain and temporal difference learning. Here is the paper in Science in which this relationship was first articulated. 1:00:00 - A paper on the concept of “coherent extrapolated volition.” 1:01:40 - An article on the notion of “iterated distillation and amplification.” 1:10:15 - The fourth edition of a seminal textbook by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, AI a Modern approach, is available here: http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ 1:13:00 - An article on Warren McCulloch's poetry. 1:17:45 - The concept of “reductions” is central in computer science and mathematics.   Brian Christian's end-of-show reading recommendations: The Alignment Newsletter, written by Rohin Shah Invisible Women, by Caroline Criado Perez: The Gardener and the Carpenter, Alison Gopnik: You can keep up with Brian at his personal website or on Twitter.   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from Assistant Producer Urte Laukaityte and with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd. Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala. Subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also now subscribe to the Many Minds newsletter here! We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com.  For updates about the show, visit our website or follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

Chapter 1 What's Information"The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood" is a non-fiction book written by James Gleick, published in 2011. It explores the concept of information and its profound impact on various aspects of human civilization. The book delves into the historical development of information from ancient times to the digital age, while also examining the theoretical underpinnings and implications of this fundamental concept. Gleick discusses how information has transformed society, communication, and technological advancements throughout history. He explores the inventions and individuals that played crucial roles in the evolution of information, such as the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer. Gleick also examines the philosophical and scientific theories surrounding information, including those proposed by Claude Shannon, Alan Turing, and Norbert Wiener. The book highlights the exponential growth and accessibility of information, which Gleick refers to as a "flood." He explores the challenges and opportunities presented by this abundance of information, discussing topics like information overload, the emergence of social networks, and the potential for misinformation. "The Information" provides a comprehensive view of how information has influenced the world and continues to shape our lives. It appeals to readers interested in history, technology, communication, and the broader implications of the digital age.Chapter 2 Is The Information Worth ReadAccording to reddit comments on The Information, Determining whether the information is worth reading depends on various factors such as your specific interests, needs, and the credibility of the source. Here are some questions to consider when evaluating the worthiness of the information: 1. Relevance: Does the information align with your current interests or needs? If it addresses a topic of importance to you, it might be worth reading. 2. Credibility: Is the source reputable and reliable? Assess the author's expertise, the publication's reputation, and whether the information is supported by evidence or references. Trustworthy sources provide accurate and well-researched content. 3. Accuracy: Look for factual accuracy and avoid misinformation or biased content. Reliable information should be based on verifiable facts rather than personal opinions or unverified claims. 4. Uniqueness: Does the information provide unique insights or perspectives? If it offers new knowledge, fresh viewpoints, or innovative ideas, it may be worth exploring. 5. Presentation: Consider the clarity and coherence of the information. Well-organized, easy-to-understand content can enhance your learning experience and make it more worthwhile. Ultimately, the decision of whether the information is worth reading lies in your hands. Evaluating these factors will help you determine if the information aligns with your needs and if the source is credible, accurate, and valuable for your purposes.Chapter 3 Summary of The Information In this article, we delve into the captivating world of "The Information" by James Gleick. Expanding on his groundbreaking work, Gleick explores the profound impact that information holds in our increasingly interconnected society. From the emergence...

This week was a exciting but busy one with all of us getting together to celebrate Lina's wedding, which unfortunately made it impossible to put together the regular episode. So we've decided to unlock the first episode in our new series on the history of the field of cybernetics and how the labor movement has interacted with it. It's been a super fascinating topic learning about figures like Norbert Wiener, Ross Ashby, and Stafford Beer, so we hope you like this unlocked episode as just the first portion of what we've been covering. Our Cybernetics series will continue for patrons later this week and our weekly labor news rundown will be back at our regularly scheduled time next Tuesday! Thank you so much for listening, we couldn't do the show without you! Original Description: We're very excited this week to be starting our long awaited series discussing the history of the field of cybernetics and how it intersects with the labor movement. In this first part, John explains the life and work of polymath and founder of the study of cybernetics, Norbert Wiener. We discuss the parallels between Wiener's thinking and Marxism, the ways that his conception of cybernetics requires a dialectical outlook at the world, and how the systems theory approach of cybernetics can help us understand complex events, including in the realm of politics and organizing. Next week, we will continue with the second half of our discussions on Norbert Wiener, including his relationship with the UAW.   Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX   Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month. For our second episode on the history of the discipline of Cybernetics and its relationship to the labor movement, we dive a little deeper into what Cybernetics actually is. We discuss the way Cybernetics seeks to bridge varying disciplines and systems and examine their interrelations, paralleling the dialectical way of looking at the world in Marxism. We also discuss Norbert Wiener's attempt to use his newly formed discipline of cybernetics to help labor, by reaching out to Walter Reuther and the UAW about the perils of approaching automation. Upcoming episodes will discuss the work of W. Ross Ashby, another of the early founders of cybernetics, and his work on the concept of Variety. Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX  Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter,  John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

If you're not a patron you can get the full episode by visiting patreon.com/workstoppage and support us with $5 a month.   We're very excited this week to be starting our long awaited series discussing the history of the field of cybernetics and how it intersects with the labor movement. In this first part, John explains the life and work of polymath and founder of the study of cybernetics, Norbert Wiener. We discuss the parallels between Wiener's thinking and Marxism, the ways that his conception of cybernetics requires a dialectical outlook at the world, and how the systems theory approach of cybernetics can help us understand complex events, including in the realm of politics and organizing. Next week, we will continue with the second half of our discussions on Norbert Wiener, including his relationship with the UAW.   Join the discord: discord.gg/tDvmNzX   Follow the pod at instagram.com/workstoppage, @WorkStoppagePod on Twitter, John @facebookvillain, and Lina @solidaritybee

هذه الحلقة منتجت وسجلت بالإشتراك مع بودكاست ستيل شاوت (Steel Shout) أدب السايبربنك يعتبر من أهم الفروع التي ولدت من أدب الخيال العلمي في القرن العشرينما هو الـ(cyberpunk)  في الأدب.يمثل الـ (cyberpunk) نوعًا من أدب الخيال العلمي الذي يتميز بتمحوره حول العالم الافتراضي والتكنولوجيا المتقدمة، كما يتضمن العديد من العناصر الأخرى مثل الجريمة والفساد والتحرر والتمرد، ونوع من القصص الغامضة. يعود أصل الـ (cyberpunk)  إلى الأدب الخيال العلمي الذي ظهر في الستينات والسبعينات من القرن الماضي، ولكنه انتشر وازدهر في الثمانينات والتسعينات، وذلك بفضل العديد من الأعمال الشهيرة التي تناولت هذا الموضوع، مثل رواية "نيرومانسر" للكاتب وليام جيبسون التي صدرت في عام 1984.تعريف (cyberpunk)تأتي كلمة "سايبربانك" أو "سايبربونك" (Cyberpunk) من مزيج بين كلمتين:الأولى هي "سايبرنيتيكس" (Cybernetics) وهي تعني دراسة النظم الآلية والحيوية والتفاعل بينها.يشير مصطلح "سايبرنيتيكس" (Cybernetics) إلى دراسة النظم والآليات والتفاعلات بين الأجزاء المختلفة في الأنظمة الحيوية والآلية. ويتضمن هذا المصطلح فهم العلاقات المتبادلة بين الجزء والكل في النظام، وكيفية تغيير وتحكم الأنظمة في أنفسها.وتشمل مجالات الدراسة في السايبرنيتيكس مثل هذه النظم المختلفة كالأعصاب والغدد، والآليات المتحكمة في الصناعة والتحكم في المرور والملاحة والطيران، والتكنولوجيا الحيوية والطبية، والذكاء الاصطناعي والروبوتات.يعود أصل مصطلح "سايبرنيتيكس" (Cybernetics) إلى اللغة اليونانية، حيث تعني "kybernetes" باللغة اليونانية "الملاح" أو "القائد" أو "المدير". ولقد استخدم هذا المصطلح في اليونان القديمة للإشارة إلى الشخص الذي يدير السفينة ويتحكم في اتجاهها وحركتها. وفي القرن العشرين، أطلق عالم الرياضيات الأمريكي نوربرت وينر (Norbert Wiener) مصطلح "cybernetics" لوصف الدراسة العلمية للتحكم والتواصل في الآلات والأنظمة المعقدة. وقد استخدم وينر هذا المصطلح للإشارة إلى دراسة العمليات التي تحكم الأنظمة المعقدة، سواء كانت هذه الأنظمة آلية أو حية. ومنذ ذلك الحين، انتشر استخدام مصطلح "سايبرنيتيكس" لوصف دراسة نظم التحكم الآلية والحية، وأصبح مصطلحًا شائعًا في العديد من المجالات العلمية والتقنية المختلفة.ومن المهم أن نلاحظ أن السايبرنيتيكس لا تقتصر فقط على النظم الحيوية، بل تشمل أيضًا النظم الآلية والتكنولوجية، وهذا ما يجعلها مفهومًا مهمًا في العديد من المجالات المختلفة، بما في ذلك العلوم الحاسوبية والهندسة والفلسفة والاقتصاد والعلوم الاجتماعية.  والثانية هي "بانك" (Punk) وهي تعني نوعًا من الموسيقى الروك المتمردة والمناهضة للنظام والسلطة وبالتالي، فإن الـ(cyberpunk)  يجمع بين عنصرين رئيسيين: العالم التكنولوجي المتقدم والمتمردة والمناهضة للنظام والسلطة. ويتناول هذا النوع من الأدب عادة العالم الافتراضي والتقنية المتطورة بطريقة متمردة ومناهضة للنظام، ويتضمن الكثير من العناصر الاجتماعية والسياسية والثقافية المعاصرة.يُعرف مصطلح "بانك" (Punk) بشكل لغوي على أنه نوع من الموسيقى الروك المتمردة والمعارضة للنظام والسلطة، والتي ظهرت في السبعينيات من القرن الماضي. ويشار في قاموس أكسفورد الإنجليزي إلى أن كلمة "بانك" تعني بشكل عام شخصاً أو شيئاً يتمتع بالقوة والعنف والتمرد والانفصال عن النظام السائد. ويمكن أن يُستخدم مصطلح "بانك" لوصف أي شيء يتميز بالتمرد والمعارضة للسلطة والنظام، وليس فقط في عالم الموسيقى الروك. وعلى سبيل المثال، يمكن استخدام هذا المصطلح لوصف حركات اجتماعية وثقافية وفنية أخرى، مثل حركات الشباب المتمردة وحركات المقاومة السياسية والفنانين الذين يسعون لتحدي النظام السائد.بروس بيثكي (Bruce Bethke) هو كاتب أمريكي ولد في عام 1955، وهو معتبر أحد رواد الأدب السايبربانكي. وقد نشر بيثكي في عام 1980 قصة قصيرة بعنوان "Cyberpunk" في مجلة "Amazing Science Fiction". وقد تم استخدام هذه القصة لاحقًا كدليل لتحديد الأدب السايبربانكي. تتناول قصة بيثكي العالم الخيالي والمستقبلي والذي يتميز بتكنولوجيا متقدمة وتمحوره حول شخصية مخترق حاسوبي يقوم بسرقة بيانات مهمة. وقد اشتهرت هذه القصة بسبب استخدام كلمة "سايبربانك" في عنوانها، والتي أصبحت بعد ذلك مصطلحاً مشهوراً في الأدب والثقافة الشعبية. وقد كتب بيثكي العديد من القصص الخيالية والروايات، وأصبحت له بعض الأعمال الأخرى مثل "Headcrash" و "Wild Wild West" و "Redbeard" و "Rebel Moon"، وقد تم ترشيح روايته "Headcrash" لجائزة نيبولا في عام 1995. وبالإضافة إلى كونه كاتباً، فإن بيثكي يعمل أيضاً في مجال تكنولوجيا المعلومات والحوسبة، ويشغل حالياً منصب مدير تقنية المعلومات في إحدى الشركات الأمريكية.تصريح بروس ستيرلينغ "combination of lowlife and high tech" ليس تعريفًا محددًا للسايبربنك، وإنما هو وصف للجو العام الذي يمكن أن يتميز به عالم السايبربنك. ففي هذا الوصف، يركز ستيرلينغ على تحدُّث السايبربنك عن النزلاء الرَّخاء والمتعطشين للمتع الجسدية والأمور غير المشروعة، والتكنولوجيا العالية والحديثة التي تستخدمها هؤلاء الأشخاص في تحقيق ما يريدونه. ويتناول ستيرلينغ هذا المفهوم في روايته الشهيرة "المرآة الشعورية" (Mirrorshades)، وهي مجموعة من القصص القصيرة التي تعتبر أحد الأعمال الأساسية في أدب السايبربنك.ومع ذلك، يمكن القول أن هذا الوصف ينطبق بشكل عام على أعمال السايبربنك، حيث يتميز هذا النوع الأدبي بتحقيق التوازن بين الجوانب العالية التكنولوجية والجوانب الأكثر شعبية والمرتبطة بالعالم السفلي والجريمة المنظمة. وتنتمي روايات وليام جيبسون وبروس يرلينغ وغيرهما من الكتَّاب إلى هذا النوع الأدبي، ويتعاملون في أعمالهم مع قضايا تتعلق بالتكنولوجيا المتقدمة والحياة الافتراضية والتحديات الاجتماعية والثقافية التي تنشأ بسببها. وتجمع هذه الأعمال بين الجوانب العالية التكنولوجية والجوانب الأكثر شعبية والمرتبطة بالعالم السفلي، وتتميز بأسلوب سريع الإيقاع وشخصيات مثيرة للاهتمام، كما تستخدم لغة فيها الكثير من المصطلحات التقنية والحاسوبية.وبشكل عام، يجمع وصف بروس ستيرلينغ "combination of lowlife and high tech" بين هذه الجوانب، ويعكس الجانب الغامض والمثير للاهتمام في أدب السايبربنك، الذي يتميز بتحقيق التوازن بين العالم الافتراضي والعالم الحقيقي وبين الجوانب الفنية والتكنولوجية والجوانب الاجتماعية والثقافية.عناصر السايبربنك الأدبي:·       الجوالـ (Dystopian):o      تحكم وتملك المنظمات والشركات للمجتمع.o      طبقية الرأسماليةo      حياة وضيعة.o      تمرد الأفراد على الشركات والمنظمات.o      انغماس الأفراد في الجريمة والملذات والشهوات.o      غلاء المعيشة ·       التقنية العالية:o      الذكاء الصناعي.o      الواقع الافتراضي .o      تطورعلم الأطراف الصناعيةo      المستنسخين والرجال الآليين.o      الاتصالات والتقنيةo      الهاكرز او محرك الشبكة  (Netrunner)·       الثقافة:o      موسيقى الـ  Punk Rock والـVaporwaveo      الازياء o      العمران والأضواء (اليابان في الثمانينات ونموها اقتصاديا في العالم الإلكتروني)o      المتحري والمحقق الظلامي (Noir)o      الرياضات والترفيه  أهم الأعمال الأدبية:·       رواية نوفا لـ (Samuel Delany) في عام 1968:o      نوفا هي رواية خيال علمي من تأليف الكاتب الأمريكي صموئيل ديلاني ونشرت في عام 1968. تستكشف الرواية، التي تصنف رسميًا كعمل فضائي، السياسة والثقافة في مستقبل يتسم بانتشار تقنية السايبورج بشكل شامل (والرواية واحدة من سلفيات السايبربانك)، ولكن يمكن أن تنطوي صناعة القرارات الكبرى على استخدام بطاقات التاروت. تحمل الرواية نغمات أسطورية قوية، وترتبط على حد سواء بمسألة البحث عن الكأس المقدسة وبقصة جايسون والأرجونوتيكا والسعي للحصول على الصوف الذهبي. تم ترشيح نوفا لجائزة هيوغو لأفضل رواية في عام 1969. في عام 1984، قام ديفيد برينجل بإدراجها ضمن قائمته لأفضل 100 رواية خيال علمي كتبت منذ عام 1949. ملخص القصةفي عام 3172، تنقسم السلطة السياسية في المجرة إلى فصيلين: فصيل دراكو الموجود على الأرض وفصيل الاتحاد الثريد الذي ظهر في وقت لاحق. كلاهما لديه اهتمامات في المستعمرات الخارجية الأحدث، حيث تنتج المناجم كميات قليلة من المصدر القيم إليريون، وهو مادة فائقة الثقل ضرورية للسفر الفضائي وتغيير مناخ الكواكب.يتورط قائد مهووس ومشوه من الاتحاد الثريد، لورك فون راي، في صراع بين العائلات الأرستقراطية والاقتصادية القوية، فيجند فريقًا متنوعًا من المختلفين لمساعدته في السباق مع عدوه اللدود، الأمير ريد من شركة ريد شيفت المرتبطة بفصيل دراكو، للحصول على الزعامة الاقتصادية عن طريق تأمين كمية هائلة من إليريون مباشرة من قلب نجم نوفا. وبذلك، سيحدث فون راي تحولًا في توازن القوى في النظام الكوني الحالي، مما سيؤدي إلى سقوط العائلة الحمراء ونهاية سيطرة الأرض على السياسة الفضائية بين النجوم.تتبع الرواية مغامرات فريق فون راي في محاولة الحصول على إليريون من نوفا، حيث يتعرضون للعديد من المصاعب والتحديات، بما في ذلك مواجهة العدو، والتعامل مع الأسرار الغامضة المرتبطة بنوفا نفسها، وكذلك الاستكشاف العميق لشخصيات الأعضاء المختلفين في الفريق.في نهاية المطاف، يتمكن فون راي وفريقه من الحصول على الإليريون من نوفا، ويتغلبون على الأمير ريد وشركته، مما يؤدي إلى تحويل التوازن في السياسة الفضائية بين الفصيلين. وبالتالي، ينتهي السيطرة الأرضية على السياسة الفضائية، وتبدأ مرحلة جديدة في تاريخ المجرة. ·       رواية (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) لـ (Philip K. Dick) عام 1968:o      هي رواية خيال علمي كتبها الكاتب الأمريكي فيليب ك. ديك، وصدرت عام 1968. تدور أحداث الرواية في المستقبل البعيد بعد أن تعرضت الأرض لحرب نووية دمرت جزءا كبيرا منها وأدت إلى إنقراض الحيوانات وتحكي قصة ريك ديكارد، الذي يعمل كصائد للروبوتات المتمردة التي تشبه البشر، ويتم تكليفه بمهمة القضاء على ستة من هذه الروبوتات المتمردة. هذه الرواية تشتمل على بعض العناصر التي يمكن وصفها بالسايبرنك، مثل الروبوتات والذكاء الاصطناعي، يمكن اعتبار هذه الرواية الأم لفيلم "Blade Runner" الذي صدر في عام 1982 والذي يعتبر من أهم الأعمال في فن السايبرنك.تدور قصة الحيوانات في الرواية حول شخصية ريك ديك، الذي يعمل كصائد للحيوانات النادرة، وذلك لكسب نقاط مادية تتيح له شراء حيوان حقيقي بدلاً من حيوان اصطناعي. ويحلم ريك بامتلاك حيوان طائر "البطريق الإمبراطوري"، وهو الحيوان النادر الذي يساعده على التفرد والتميز في مجتمع موحد.تعتبر قصة الحيوانات والتركيز على الرغبة في امتلاك حيوانات حقيقية، رمزًا للحاجة إلى التميز والاهتمام بالطبيعة والحيوانات، وكذلك للعلاقة بين الإنسان والطبيعة في عالم مستقبلي متغير. وتعد هذه القصة أحد المحاور الرئيسية في الرواية التي تتناول موضوعات أخرى مثل الهوية الإنسانية الواقعية والذاتية والمجتمعية والروبوتات والذكاء الاصطناعي، والتي تركز على القضايا الأخلاقية والفلسفية المتعلقة بالحياة والوجود والتعايش في عالم متغير ومعقد.رواية (Neuromancer) للكاتب الأمريكي ويليام جيبسون عام 1984 م:تعد من أولى روايات السايبربانك. تعتبر من أهم الأعمال الأدبية في هذا النوع، حيث أنها قدمت للقراء نموذجاً جديداً للأدب العلمي والخيال العلمي، يستخدم فيه (جيبسون) تقنيات ومفاهيم حديثة كالحوسبة والشبكات والذكاء الاصطناعي والروبوتات والتجارة الإلكترونية، وجعل منها عناصر رئيسية في قالب قصته المثيرة والمشوقة. وقد فازت هذه الرواية بجائزة نيبولا لأفضل رواية علمية خيالية في عام 1984.بطلها كيس، وهو هاكر حاسوب عاطل عن العمل يتم استئجاره من قبل صاحب عمل جديد غامض يدعى أرميتاج. يتم تشكيل فريق مع مولي، السايبورغ، وبيتر ريفيرا، اللص والخادع، لتنفيذ سلسلة من الجرائم التي تمهد الطريق للهدف النهائي للمجموعة، والذي يتم تنفيذه في محطة الفضاء المدارية المسماة "فريسايد"، موطن عائلة تيسييه-أشبول الثرية. تم إنشاء اثنين من الذكاءات الاصطناعية (AIs)، وينترميوت ونيورومانسر ، التي هي قوية لدرجة أنها يمكن أن تتصل ببعضها البعض في نقطة واحدة فقط. يتعلم كيس وزملاؤه أنهم تم استئجارهم من قبل وينترميوت لكسر الفصل بين الذكاءات الاصطناعية. يتغلب كيس ومولي على التدخلات القانونية السيبرانية ومحاولة خيانة من ريفيرا لدمج وينترميوت مع نيورومانسر، وينتهي الأمر بكيس يعيش في عالم جديد شجاعأفلام:·        Escape from New York (1981)[40][41]·        Burst City (1982)[42]·        Tron (1982)[43]·        Blade Runner (1982)[44]·        Brainstorm (1983)[45]·        Videodrome (1983)[46]·        Repo Man (1984)·        The Terminator (1984)·        Brazil (1985)·        RoboCop (1987)[47]·        The Running Man (1987)·        Gunhed (1989)[48]·        Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)·        Circuitry Man (1990)[49]·        RoboCop 2 (1990)·        Hardware (a.k.a. M.A.R.K. 13) (1990)[50]·        Megaville (1990)[51]·        Total Recall (1990)[52]·        Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)·        964 Pinocchio (1991)[53]·        Until the End of the World (1991)[54]·        Nemesis (1992)·        Freejack (1992)[55]·        The Lawnmower Man (1992)[56]·        Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)·        Cyborg 2 (1993)[57]·        Demolition Man (1993)[58]·        RoboCop 3 (1993)·        Robot Wars (1993)·        Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)[59]·        Death Machine (1994)·        Hackers (1995)[60]·        Johnny Mnemonic (1995)[61]·        Judge Dredd (1995)[62]·        Strange Days (1995)[63]·        Virtuosity (1995)·        Escape from L.A. (1996)[64]·        The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)[65]·        Deathline (a.k.a. Redline) (1997)[66]·        The Fifth Element (1997)[67]·        Nirvana (1997)[68]·        Andromedia (1998)[69]·        New Rose Hotel (1998)·        Pi (1998)[70]·        Skyggen (a.k.a. Webmaster) (1998)[71]·        Dark City (1998)[72]·        eXistenZ (1999)[73]·        The Thirteenth Floor (1999)[74]·        Bicentennial Man (1999)[75]·        The Matrix (1999)[76]·        I.K.U. (2000)[77]·        The 6th Day (2000)[78]·        Avalon (2001)[79]·        A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)·        Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)[80]·        Cypher (2002)[81]·        Dead or Alive: Final (2002)[82]·        Impostor (2002)[83]·        Minority Report (2002)[84]·        Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002)[85][86]·        All Tomorrow's Parties (2003)[87]·        Code 46 (2003)[88]·        The Matrix Reloaded (2003)[89]·        The Matrix Revolutions (2003)[90]·        Natural City (2003)[91]·        Paycheck (2003)[92]·        Avatar (a.k.a. Cyber Wars) (2004)[93]·        Immortal (2004)[94]·        I, Robot (2004)[95]·        Paranoia 1.0 (a.k.a. One Point 0) (2004)[96]·        Æon Flux (2005)[97]·        Children of Men (2006)·        Ultraviolet (2006)[98]·        Chrysalis (2007)[99]·        Eden Log (2007)[100]·        The Gene Generation (2007)[101][102][103]·        Babylon A.D. (2008)[104][105]·        Sleep Dealer (2008)[106]·        Tokyo Gore Police (2008)[107]·        District 9 (2009)·        Hardwired (2009)[108][109]·        Surrogates (2009)[110]·        Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)·        Tron: Legacy (2010)[60]·        Repo Men (2010)[111]·        Priest (2011)[60]·        Dredd (2012)[112][113][114][115][116]·        Total Recall (2012)·        Elysium (2013)[117][118]·        The Zero Theorem (2013)[60]·        Automata (2014)[119]·        Transcendence (2014)[120]·        RoboCop (2014)·        Chappie (2015)[121]·        Ex Machina (2015)[122]·        Hardcore Henry (2015)·        Ghost in the Shell (2017)[123][124]·        Bleeding Steel (2017)·        Blade Runner 2049 (2017)·        Ready Player One (2018)[125][126]·        Upgrade (2018)·        Hotel Artemis (2018)·        Anon (2018)·        Alita: Battle Angel (2019)·        Reminiscence (2021)·        Jung E (2023)القصص المصورة:·        Judge Dredd (1977–) by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra·        The Incal (1981–1989) by Alejandro Jodorowsky·        Akira (1982–1990) by Katsuhiro Ōtomo[33]·        Black Magic (1983) by Masamune Shirow·        Ronin (1983–1984) by Frank Miller·        Shatter (1985–1988) by Peter B. Gillis and Mike Saenz·        Appleseed (1985–1989) by Masamune Shirow·        Dominion (1986) by Masamune Shirow·        Ghost in the Shell (1989–1991) by Masamune Shirow·        Neuromancer (1989) by Tom de Haven and Bruce Jensen[34]·        Battle Angel Alita (1990–1995) by Yukito Kishiro[33]·        Martha Washington (1990–1991) by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons·        Barb Wire (1994–1995) by Chris Warner·        Transmetropolitan (1997–2002) by Warren Ellis[35]·        Eden: It's an Endless World! (1998–2008) by Hiroki Endo·        Blame! (1998) by Tsutomu Nihei[36]o   NOiSE (2001) – prequel to Blame!o   Biomega (2007)·        Singularity 7 (2004) by Ben Templesmith[37]·        The Surrogates (2005) by Robert Venditti[38]·        The entire Marvel 2099 line is an example of the cyberpunk genre in comics, especially Ghost Rider 2099 and Spider-Man 2099.·        Marvel's Machine Man Vol. 2·        Batman Beyond·        The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2013-2014) by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon الأنمي:·        Megazone 23 (1985)[127]·        Neo Tokyo (1986)[128]·        Black Magic M-66 (1987)·        Bubblegum Crisis (1987)[129]o   Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998)[130]·        Akira (1988)[131][132]·        RoboCop: The Animated Series (1988)·        Beast Machines: Transformers (1999–2000)·        Dominiono   Dominion (1988–1989)o   New Dominion Tank Police (1993–1994)o   Tank Police Team: Tank S.W.A.T. 01 (2006)·        Appleseedo   Appleseed (1988 film)o   Appleseed (2004 film)o   Appleseed Ex Machina (2007 film)o   Appleseed XIII (2011)o   Appleseed Alpha (2014 film)·        A.D. Police Files (1990)·        Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990)[133]·        Æon Flux (1991–1995)[134]·        Silent Möbius (1991–2003)[135]·        Genocyber (1993)[136]·        Macross Plus (1994)·        Armitage III (1995)·        Ghost in the Shell (anime films)o   Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)[137]o   Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004 film)[138]·        Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (S.A.C.)[139]o   Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (S.A.C.) (2002–2003)o   Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004–2005)o   Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006 film)o   Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 (2020–2022)·        Ghost in the Shell: Ariseo   Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013–2015)o   Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2016 film)·        Spicy City (1997)·        Cowboy Bebop (1998)·        RoboCop: Alpha Commando (1998–1999)·        Serial Experiments Lain (1998)[140]·        Gundress (1999)·        Batman Beyond (1999–2001)·        Metropolis (2001)[141]·        The Animatrix (2003)[142]·        Code Lyoko (2003–2007)·        Heat Guy J (2003)[143]·        Parasite Dolls (2003)[144]·        Texhnolyze (2003)[145]·        Wonderful Days (a.k.a. Sky Blue) (2003)[146][147]·        Burst Angel (2004)[148]·        Fragile Machine (2005)[149]·        Aachi & Ssipak (2006)[150]·        A Scanner Darkly (2006)[151]·        Ergo Proxy (2006)[152]·        Paprika (2006)[153][154]·        Renaissance (2006)[155]·        Dennō Coil (2007)[156]·        Vexille (2007)[157][158]·        Technotise: Edit & I (2009, Serbia)[159]·        Real Drive (2008)·        Mardock Scramble (2010)[160]·        Accel World (2012–2016)·        Psycho-Pass (2012)[161]·        Tron: Uprising (2012)·        Dimension W (2016)·        No Guns Life (2019–2020)·        Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)·        Akudama Drive (2020)·        Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021–2022)·        Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)مسلسلات·        World on a Wire (1973)[162]·        The Deadly Assassin (1976)[163]·        Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1983)[164]·        Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985), British television movieo   Max Headroom (1987),[165] American television series based on the UK TV movie·        Wild Palms (1993)[166]·        TekWar (1994)[167]·        RoboCop: The Series (1994)·        VR.5 (1996)[citation needed]·        Welcome to Paradox (1998)[168]·        The X-Files, two episodes of the series were written by William Gibson and contain cyberpunk themes:o   Kill Switch (1998)[169]o   First Person Shooter (2000)[170][171]·        Harsh Realm (1999)[172]·        Total Recall 2070 (1999)[173]·        Dark Angel (2000–2002)[174]·        RoboCop: Prime Directives (2001)[175]·        Charlie Jade (2005)[176]·        Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009)·        Power Rangers RPM (2009)·        Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (2009)[citation needed]·        Dollhouse (2009–2010)[177]·        Caprica (2010)·        Person of Interest (2011–2016)·        Black Mirror (2011–2019)·        Continuum (2012–2015), set in the present with a protagonist who has time traveled back from a cyberpunk future in 2077·        H+: The Digital Series (2012)·        Almost Human (2013–2014)·        Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)·        Mr. Robot (2015–2019)·        Humans (2015–2018)·        Westworld (2016–2022)·        Incorporated (2016–2017)·        Altered Carbon (2018–2020)·        S'parta (2018)·        Better Than Us (2018–2019)·        Love, Death & Robots (2019–present)·        Meta Runner (2019–2022)·        Onisciente (2020)·        Upload (2020–present)[178] ألعاب فيديو:·       Exapunk The Screamer (1985)[190] Imitation City (1987)[191] Megami Tensei series (1987–present)[192]  Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (1987)[193][194]   Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (1997)[195]   Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (2004)[196]   Shin Megami Tensei IV (2013)[192]   Soul Hackers 2 (2022)   Metal Gear series (1987–present)  Metal Gear Solid (1998)[197]   Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)[198]   Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)[192]   Metal Gear Rising Revengeance (2013)   Akira (1988–2002)  Akira (1988)[192]   Akira Psycho Ball (2002)   Neuromancer (1988)[199] Snatcher (1988–1996)[200] Genocide (1989)[192] Night Striker (1989) DreamWeb (1992)[201] Flashback (1992)[202] BloodNet (1993)[203] Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure (1993)[204] Shadowrun series  Shadowrun (SNES) (1993)[205]   Shadowrun (Sega Genesis) (1994)[206]   Shadowrun (Sega CD) (1996)[207]   Shadowrun (2007)[208][209]   Shadowrun Returns (2013) [210]   Shadowrun: Dragonfall (2014) [211]   Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown (2015)   Shadowrun: Hong Kong (2015) [212]   Syndicate series  Syndicate (1993)[213]   Syndicate Wars (1996)[214]   Syndicate (2012)[215]   Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)[216] Burn:Cycle (1994)[217] Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller (1994) Delta V (1994)[218] Hagane: The Final Conflict (1994)[192] Live A Live (1994)[192] Rise of the Robots (1994) [219][220] Policenauts (1994)[192] Appleseed series  Appleseed: Oracle of Prometheus (1994)   Appleseed EX (2004)   System Shock series  System Shock (1994)[221]   System Shock 2 (1999)[222]   CyberMage: Darklight Awakening (1995)[223] Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie (1995)[224] Road Rage (1995) Osman (1996)[192] Blade Runner (1997)[225] Final Fantasy VII (1997)[226]  Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (2004–2009)   Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020)[227]   Ghost in the Shell (1997)[192] Einhänder (1998)[192] Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy (1998) Xenogears (1998)[228] The Nomad Soul (1999) Fear Effect series  Fear Effect (2000)   Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001)   Fear Effect Sedna (2018)   Deus Ex series  Deus Ex (2000)[229]   Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003) [230]   Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011) [231]   Deus Ex: The Fall (2013)[232]   Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)   Perfect Dark series  Perfect Dark (2000)   Perfect Dark Zero (2005)   Oni (2001)[233] Anachronox (2001) Mega Man Battle Network series  Mega Man Battle Network (2001)   Mega Man Battle Network 2 (2001)   Mega Man Battle Network 3 (2002)   Mega Man Network Transmission (2003)   Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (2003)   Mega Man Battle Network 4 (2003)   Mega Man Battle Network 5 (2004)   Mega Man Battle Network 6 (2005)   Uplink (2001)[234][235] Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (2002)[236] .hack series  .hack//IMOQ (2002–2003)   .hack//G.U. (2006–2007)   .hack//Link (2010)   Neocron (2002)[237] Enter the Matrix (2003)[238] P.N.03 (2003) Cy Girls (2004) Æon Flux (2005) Dystopia (2005)[239] System Rush (2005)[240] Mirror's Edge (2008) Halo 3: ODST (2009) Cyber Knights series:  Cyber Knights (Classic) (2011)[241]   Cyber Knights: Flashpoint (2021)[242]   Gemini Rue (2011)[243] Hard Reset (2011) Cypher (2012)[244] Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (2013) Remember Me (2013)[245] Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013) Alien: Isolation (2014) Jazzpunk (2014) Transistor (2014) Watch Dogs series:  Watch Dogs (2014)[246]   Watch Dogs 2 (2016)   Watch Dogs: Legion (2020)   2064: Read Only Memories (2015) Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015)[247] Dex (2015)[248] Technobabylon (2015) Soma (2015) Satellite Reign (2015) Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (2015)[249] Invisible, Inc. (2016) Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016) Superhot (2016) VA-11 HALL-A (2016)[250] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory (2017)[249] Observer (2017) Ruiner (2017)[251] The Red Strings Club (2018)[252] Ion Fury (2018) Tales of the Neon Sea (2018)[253] Astral Chain (2019)[254] Katana Zero (2019) Dohna Dohna (2020)[255] Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) Ghostrunner (2020) Incredibox  V8: Dystopia (2020)   Cloudpunk (2020) ENCODYA (2021) The Ascent (2021) Stray (2022) SIGNALIS (2022) The Last Night (TBA)[256]  الالعاب الروائية:·        Cyberpunk (1988)o   Cyberpunk 2020 (1990)o   Cyberpunk V3.0 (2005)o   Cyberpunk Red (2020)·        Shadowrun (1989)·        GURPS Cyberpunk (1990)[257]·        Necromunda (1995)·        Infinity (2005)·        Corporation (2009)[258]·        Deadzone (2013)·        Carbon 2185 A Cyberpunk RPG (2019)

#AI #cybernetics #1943 #originsofAI #AIhistoryBy: LaPhezzIn this podcast episode, we explore the origins of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how Cybernetics, a field of study that emerged in the early 1940s, played a crucial role in shaping modern-day AI. We take a closer look at how cybernetic researchers theorized about AI, paving the way for machines and humans to interact and communicate. We discuss the contributions of Norbert Wiener, a mathematician, philosopher, and scientist, who pioneered the concept of "feedback loops," a cornerstone of both AI and modern communication systems. We also talk about the first steps towards machine learning and the development of an artificial neural network. Additionally, we delve into cybernetics' impact on the human-machine interface, including the development of natural language processing and speech algorithms. Finally, we discuss cybernetics' role in robotics, exploring new ways to create devices that respond to user input and adapt their behavior based on feedback, leading to revolutionary advancements in automation, robotics, cognitive science, neurology, and other fields.Websites:AlmightyPortal.comSupport Links:CashappPaypalVemnoSocial Links:https://linktr.ee/Almightyportal

Artificial intelligence is awesome -- but should we fear it? How can we stay in charge? Sam Bowman joins Vasant Dhar in episode 58 of Brave New World to discuss the Control Problem -- and more.   Also check out: 1. Sam Bowman at NYU Courant, LinkedIn,Twitter and Google Scholar. 2.  Measuring Progress on Scalable Oversight for Large Language Models -- Samuel R Bowman et al. 3. Herbert Simon, Harry Pople and Norbert Wiener. 4. Language Models as Agent Models -- Jacob Andreas. 5.  The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values — Brian Christian. 6. Human Compatible — Stuart Russell. 7. Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman. 8. ImageNet Classification with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks --Alex Krizhevsky et al. Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. Subscription is free!

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theory (Duke UP, 2023), Geoghegan reconstructs how Progressive Era technocracy as well as crises of industrial democracy and colonialism shaped early accounts of cybernetics and digital media by theorists including Norbert Wiener, Warren Weaver, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roman Jakobson, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, and Luce Irigaray. His analysis casts light on how media-practical research forged common epistemic cause in programs that stretched from 1930s interwar computing at MIT and eugenics to the proliferation of seminars and laboratories in 1960s Paris. This mobilization ushered forth new fields of study such as structural anthropology, family therapy, and literary semiology while forming enduring intellectual affinities between the humanities and informatics. With Code, Geoghegan offers a new history of French theory and the digital humanities as transcontinental and political endeavors linking interwar colonial ethnography in Dutch Bali to French sciences in the throes of Cold War-era decolonization and modernization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

In his new book, THE FIFTIES: An Underground History, JAMES GAINES asks who laid the groundwork for the '60s - and then celebrates a few solitary, brave, stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements. Their courage and genius changed what it was possible to imagine. As early as the mid-1940s, Harry Hay said “Gay is good.” Pauli Murray laid legal paths for Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Black vets of WWII and Korea said enough is enough. Silent Spring's Rachel Carson and MIT's Norbert Wiener warned of potential man-made environmental destruction.

Is the current shift to more machines reminiscent of the eCommerce movement, where ease of use and fewer middlemen were promised but where actually more middlemen are created? What is ChatGPT leading to already, how will that continue to influence the future, and what did Norbert Wiener say back in 1964 that was chillingly accurate? There is a lot to discuss, so listen now! Say That, But Shorter“Layoffs are refocusing where the priorities are in one part of the business to futureproof itself for the next generation.” - PhillipA lot of what was predicted by analysts as being the next generation-defining commerce experiences are going to prove to be wrong because it's about what the consumer wants, and they aren't wanting any of those thingsPhillip apologizes to Brian for not getting his Quantum Yeet piece right away, and really if you haven't been reading Future Commerce Insiders and The Senses, subscribe and see what you've been missing“We as humans have been trying to accomplish jobs that are better done by machines. All the jobs that are best done by machines should be pursued as jobs that are done by machines.” - BrianDifferent jobs will be created as current jobs are replaced by machines, and the output can actually be better“There will always be a middle layer of infrastructure that's required and a middle layer of management to manage that infrastructure that's required.” - PhillipWe can continue down this path of just human interface connections and quantum computing becomes a problem for a future generationBrian ends by reading a quote from 1964 by Norbert Wiener that will blow your mind and will likely lead to more interesting discussions on future episodesAssociated Links:Episode 19 and Episode 20 from way back when the guys sat for three plus hours with Brian RoemmeleCheck out The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert WienerHave you checked out our YouTube channel yet?Get your copy of Archetypes, our newly published 240-page journal! Check it out at ArchetypesJournal.comSubscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more of what we are witnessing in the commerce world! Listen to our other episodes of Future CommerceHave any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on Futurecommerce.fm, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!

In his new book, THE FIFTIES: An Underground History, JAMES GAINES asks: Who laid the groundwork for the '60s - and then celebrates a few solitary, brave, stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements. Their courage and genius changed what it was possible to imagine. As early as the mid-1940s, Harry Hay said “Gay is good.” Pauli Murray laid legal paths for Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Black vets of WWII and Korea said enough is enough. Silent Spring's Rachel Carson and MIT's Norbert Wiener warned of potential manmade environmental destruction. You'll be inspired and you'll learn a lot. I did.

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell There are three very big challenges that humans will have to deal with in the near future: Climate Change, Genetic Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence or AI. Today, we briefly look at some sources to check for those interested in the first two challenges, and then turn our attention to sources for those interested in what AI means for us today, and will mean for humans in the near future and beyond. On genetic engineering, a good book for an overview, written very clearly for non-specialists, is The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson. A book from 1950 that has had a big impact on the development of what we now call Artificial Intelligence is The Human Use of Human Beings by Norbert Wiener. About the host: Jim Campbell has a longstanding interest in the intersection of digital technology, law, and public policy and how they affect our daily lives in our increasingly digital world. He has banged around non-commercial radio for decades and, in the little known facts department (that should probably stay that way), he was one of the readers voicing Richard Nixon's words when NPR broadcast the entire transcript of the Watergate tapes. Like several other current WERU volunteers, he was at the station's sign-on party on May 1, 1988 and has been a volunteer ever since doing an early stint as a Morning Maine host, and later producing WERU program series including Northern Lights, Conversations on Science and Society, Sound Portrait of the Artist, Selections from the Camden Conference, others that will probably come to him after this is is posted, and, of course, Notes from the Electronic Cottage. The post Notes from the Electronic Cottage 12/22/22: AI Books first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the history science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Are you familiar with Norbert Wiener's work? Is it relevant to current computer science at all? - Do you have any interesting stories/comments about Frederick P. Brooks? - What did you learn from The Mythical Man Month? (and when did you first read it?) - Dear Dr. Wolfram, what is your opinion on John Backus' lecture from 1977: "Can Programming be Liberated from the von Neumann Style?"? - Was it even one cornerstone for your thinking? - Did general system theory and systems theory die out and why? - Does functional programming count as liberation from von Neumann style? - Do you think scientific software development has a very different development practice? - Are you saying that flowchart descriptions of algorithms and computations originate from systems theory/general systems theory? I always thought that is just a part of modern computer science. - Regarding what you just mentioned about education and teaching programming, what are your thoughts generally on how far our higher level languages are abstracting more and more away from the core metal? Do you worry about future generations of programmers not understanding core fundamentals and that we might come become stunted in terms of coming up with new languages and computing paradigms due to a lack of expertise? - Were you ever involved in the development of a kind of software that you now think might actually be morally questionable in some sense?

In “Autopoiesis in Systems of People and Machines,” Peter Wang welcomes Paco Nathan. Paco is a Managing Partner at Derwen, Inc., a company that offers enterprise customers full-stack engineering for AI applications at scale, with an emphasis on open-source integrations. Paco forged a career in artificial intelligence when many people were skeptical of it and now boasts over 40 years of computer science experience.   Peter and Paco discuss histories and frameworks that are impacting today's systems of people and machines. Paco touches on corporate law and how long ago, the concept of insurance allowed for the externalization of risk and corresponding enablement of capital ventures. Paco goes on to talk about autopoiesis, the Chilean Project Cybersyn and the significance of groupware, and the core of human intelligence.   Peter and Paco also discuss the increasing complexity of today's world in which less and less is linear, which requires improved cognition for survival, and the cybernetic future. Resources: “A Brief History Of Reinsurance” (David M. Holland) - https://www.soa.org/globalassets/assets/library/newsletters/reinsurance-section-news/2009/february/rsn-2009-iss65-holland.pdf     Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co., 118 U.S. 394 (1886) - https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/118/394/     “Law as an Autopoietic System” (Gunther Teubner) - https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/23894 Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis_and_Cognition:_The_Realization_of_the_Living   Project Cybersyn - https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/project-cybersyn/    “Understanding Computers and Cognition” (Terry Winograd and Fernando Flores) - https://philpapers.org/rec/WINUCA   Macy Conferences - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy_conferences   Norbert Wiener - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Wiener   “What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain” (J.Y. Lettvin et al.) - https://hearingbrain.org/docs/letvin_ieee_1959.pdf   Social Systems - https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=2225   Niklas Luhmann - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Luhmann   Dubberly Design (Paul Pangaro) (When Paco references Donoho Design, he means Dubberly Design.) - http://www.dubberly.com/articles/cybernetics-and-design.html   René Thom - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thom   “Corporate Metabolism” (Paco Nathan) - https://www.tripzine.com/listing.php?id=corporate_metabolism   You can find a human-verified transcript of this episode here - https://know.anaconda.com/rs/387-XNW-688/images/ANACON_Paco_Nathan_V1.docx.pdf   If you enjoyed today's show, please leave a 5-star review. For more information, visit Anaconda.com/podcast.

Dimitri and Khalid talk to returning guest Jay the Neuroscientist (@The_Hague_ICC) about the deeply influential but ostensibly defunct field of cybernetics, including: the science of steersmanship/adaptive systems, the broader definition of “machines”, the non-modern ontology of early cybernetics, Norbert Wiener, the UK Ratio Club, eugenicist suslord Julian Huxley, the American Macy Conferences, Grey Walter, Ross Ashby, ontologies of performance vs. knowledge, negative feedback, and LSD “blitz therapy”. Part 1 of 4. For access to full-length premium episodes and the SJ Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe to the Al-Wara' Frequency at patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

In this episode, we delve into the extraordinary life of Norbert Wiener, the founding father of cybernetics - the science “control and communication in the animal and the machine”. Outline00:00 - Intro02:06 - The early years of Norbert09:00 - Europe and WWI15:50 - MIT days19:30 - Norbert's marriage22:39 - Generalised harmonic analysis28:18 - The interactions with Hopf and Paley31:14 - Bush and the analog computer program35:55 - WWII, Bigelow and prediction theory40:41 - Rosenbleuth and teleological machines47:56 - Mexico and Norbert's biological investigations51:25 - Cybernetics1:00:16 - The human behind Norbert Wiener1:01:53 - Outro Episode linksThings named after Wiener: https://tinyurl.com/mt37xn93 Autobiography: https://tinyurl.com/2umws9nd Biography: https://tinyurl.com/nhawc9azWiener filter: https://tinyurl.com/n9u5ukxePaley-Wiener theorem: https://tinyurl.com/mr3z3f89Wiener-Kinchin theorem: https://tinyurl.com/3mxm54ac Vannevar Bush: https://tinyurl.com/y6s7kz6tJulian Bigelow: https://tinyurl.com/28m4a6asBehavior, Purpose and Teleology: https://tinyurl.com/3ut2afjzArturo Rosenblueth: https://tinyurl.com/57wp67vh Cybernetics:  https://tinyurl.com/5e3tnn6eOut of control:  https://tinyurl.com/3rnhn3xhA scientist rebels: https://tinyurl.com/5f2d3urcMoral and technical consequences of automation: https://tinyurl.com/72tvzuxyPodcast infoPodcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/incontrol/id1624068002 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7dZvt77XNtHxyrFqM8YTwf RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1632769.rss Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl83hwBSVRLYj2NWS08P9bg/featured Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InControl-podcast-114303337936834 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/incontrol_podcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/incontrolpodcast/ Acknowledgments and sponsorsThis episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to A. Bastani, B. Sawicki, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, as well as the ETH and mirrorlake studios.  Music was composed by A New Element.Support the show

The historian of religion Jeffrey J. Kripal writes, "The world is one, and the human is two." The line captures the riddle of reality. What is it with our species? Equipped with an intellect able to grok the basic laws that govern the physical universe, we seem unable to wrap our heads around as simple a question as "What is real?". Recorded live before a learned audience at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) in August of 2022, this episode approaches the enigma by teasing the Weird out of the very idea of intellection. If the architects of DISI are right to say that mind, far from being confined to human skulls, enjoys wide distribution across nature, what might such ideas as magic, synchronicity, and prophecy tell us about intelligence and meaning? DISI is a three-week interdisciplinary event held each year at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. The hosts are grateful to Jacob Foster and Erica Cartmill of UCLA for inviting them to speak at the institute. *Header image: *Detail of The Ancient of Days by William Blake. SHOW NOTES Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (https://disi.org)(DISI) Earlier iteration of Jacob Foster's talk, "Toward a Social Science of the Possible (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X28KwUzUCtk)" Pauline Oliveros's Tuning Meditation (https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2022/tuning-meditation-pauline-oliveros-ione) Norbert Wiener (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Wiener), American mathematician Joshua Ramey, "Contingency Without Unreason: Speculation After Meillassoux (https://philpapers.org/rec/RAMCWU-2)" E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande (https://www.nature.com/articles/140338a0) Aristotle, Physics and Metaphysics Jeffrey J. Kripal, "The World is One, and the Human is Two: Tentative Conclusions of a Working Historian of Religion (https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/imp/mm/2022/00000020/00000001/art00008?crawler=true&mimetype=application/pdf)" Jeffrey Kripal on Weird Studies: episodes ## and ## Aleister Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice, "The Cry of the 5th Aethyr (https://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/418/aetyr5.htm)" The "Unwritten Doctrines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_unwritten_doctrineshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_unwritten_doctrines)" of Plato Plato, Republic (http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html), "Seventh Letter (http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/seventh_letter.html)" & Phaedrus Phil's prophetic dream report (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies?filters[search_query]=azathoth) (Patreon supporters only) H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (for description of Azathoth) C. G. Jung, Synchroncity: An Acausal Connecting Principle, Alchemical Studies & Mysterium Coniunctionis Charles Taylor, A Secular Age New York Times article (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/us/politics/congress-ufo-hearing.html) on 2022 UFO hearings

So yes I love books, so this week on the podcast i dive deep into my favorite books. I hope you enjoy xx    Carla Solo Book Episode HEALTH   The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma is a 2014 book by Bessel van der Kolk about the effects of psychological trauma, also known as traumatic stress Medical Medium, Secrets Behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and How to Finally Heal by Anthony William How Not To Die is one of the most important books on health ever written. Dr. Greger shows us how to prevent and sometimes reverse all the major diseases that are killing us. We have the genetic potential to live disease free lives full of health and vitality until we are past 100. Why We Sleep, Dr. Matthew Walker brilliantly illuminates the night, explaining how sleep can make us healthier, safer, smarter, and more productive. Life Force by Tony Robbins, Peter Diamandis, and Robert Hariri brings you the most important resources that can help anyone sustain peak performance, and lead a healthy and more vital life. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES     Will by Will Smith a brave, inspiring and wildly entertaining memoir full of self-help lessons for readers, from one of the world's leading entertainer Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey Greenlightsis a short memoir. Matthew McConaughey has written about some valuable insights and observations from his own life.  Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is the authorized self-titled biographyof American business magnate and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.    BUSINESS   Shoe Dog by Phil Knight Shoe Dogis a real-life story of passion, perseverance, belief, loyalty and teamwork with a lot of heart. 4 hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss In The 4-Hour Workweek, #1 New York Times best-selling author Tim Ferriss, teaches you how to escape the 9-5, live anywhere, and join the new rich. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. The core idea is that you can change other people's behaviour simply by changing your own. It teaches you the principles to better understand people, become a more likable person, improve relationships, win others over, and influence behaviour through leadership. Start with Why – How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action by Simon Sinek Start with Whyanalyses leaders like Martin Luther King Jr and Steve Jobs and discovers that they all think in the same way - they all started with why. Tony Robbins Books: THE PATH: ACCELERATING YOUR JOURNEY TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM Regardless of your stage in life or your current financial picture, the quest for financial freedom can indeed be conquered. The journey will demand the right tools and strategies along with the mindset of money mastery. With decades of collective wisdom and hands-on experience, your guides for this expedition are Peter Mallouk, the only man in history to be ranked the #1 Financial Advisor in the U.S. for three consecutive years by Barron's (2013, 2014 and 2015) and Tony Robbins, the World's #1 Life and Business Strategist. Mallouk and Robbins take the seemingly daunting goal of Financial Freedom and simplify it into a step-by-step process than anyone can achieve. UNSHAKEABLE: YOUR FINANCIAL FREEDOM PLAYBOOK After interviewing fifty of the world's greatest financial minds, and penning the #1 New York Times best seller Money: Master the Game, Tony Robbins returns with a step-by-step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom. No matter your salary, your stage of life, or when you started, this is one of many self-help books that will provide the tools to help you achieve your financial goals more rapidly than you ever thought possible. TONY ROBBINS' MONEY: MASTER THE GAME Based on extensive research and interviews with some of the most legendary investors at work today (John Bogle, Warren Buffett, Paul Tudor Jones, Ray Dalio, Carl Icahn, and many others), Tony Robbins has created a 7-step blueprint for securing financial freedom. With advice about taking control of your financial decisions, to setting up a savings and investing plan, to destroying myths about what it takes to save and invest, to setting up a “lifetime income plan,” the book brims with advice and practices for making the financial game not only winnable—but providing financial freedom for the rest of your life. UNLIMITED POWER If you want to fulfill your dreams of living a better life, both professionally and personally, Unlimited Power is the book for you. Although written when Tony Robbins was only 25 years old, Unlimited Power remains as one of the most popular and overall best self-help books available. With Unlimited Power, you will learn how to reach the quality of life you think you deserve. Tony Robbins has helped heads of state, royalty, Olympic and professional athletes achieve their goals, and with Unlimited Power, so can you. Tony passionately and eloquently reveals the science of personal achievement and teaches you: How to find out what you really want The Seven Lies of Success How to reprogram your mind in minutes to eliminate fears and phobias The secret of creating instant rapport with anyone you meet How to duplicate the success of others The Five Keys to Wealth and Happiness   Unlimited Power is a revolutionary fitness book for the mind. It will show you, step by step, how to perform at your peak while gaining emotional and financial freedom, attaining leadership and self-confidence, and winning the cooperation of others. It will give you the knowledge and course to remake yourself and your world. Unlimited Power is a guidebook to superior performance in an age of success. AWAKEN THE GIANT WITHIN We all have an enormous potential within us, but too many of us shackle ourselves with limiting beliefs. How many times have you wanted to achieve a goal, only to tell yourself that you're not capable of doing so? Stop telling yourself that you're not enough, and instead, work toward achieving the extraordinary. Break the barriers and awaken the giant within with this Tony's most effective strategies and tactics for mastering your relationships, your finances, your emotions, and your life. NOTES FROM A FRIEND Tony wrote the first edition of Notes From a Friend in 1991, handing it out to thousands of people who needed to overcome their greatest challenges. This easy-to-understand and concise guide is now available to you in this special, updated edition with all-new material. SPIRITUAL   Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Much more than simple principles and platitudes, The Power of Now takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light.  Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsh Conversations with Godmarks Neale Donald Walsch's initial dialogue with God. This book discusses personal issues such as prosperity, relationships and the nature of spiritual truth -with God providing clear, understandable answers. Further than the author's conversation with God, you'll realise that your own understanding and your own conversation with God are the true subjects of this unforgettable text. An Untethered Soul by Michael Singer In the bookThe Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer takes you step-by-step through the process of Gyana, the yoga of the Intellect, to the Source Top 10 Best Wayne Dyer Book by Nerdy Creator 1. The Shift “The greatest hunger of all is the hunger for meaning.” This is the first book I read from Wayne Dyer. During my recovery from depression, I had some insights on spirituality but I didn't know exactly what it is and how to explain it. This book speaks to me on a deep level and helps me learn a lot about my experience. It also got me started reading other spiritual books. If you are someone who is always working hard or doing a lot, but somehow still feel unfulfilled in life, this is the book to read. It takes you on a journey from ambition to meaning and let you realize that your spirit yearns for meaning, not ambition. The book is also made into an inspiration movie of the same name and released by Hay House. Wayne Dyer acted in the movie as himself. Print | eBook | Audio 2. Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life “Sharpen a blade too much and its edge will soon be lost.” This book is Wayne Dyer's interpretation of Lao Tze's Tao Te Ching. He spent one whole year reading and practicing the verses of the Tao. It consists of 81 chapters and is meant to be read slowly. You don't have to be a Taoist to receive wisdom from this book. Tao Te Ching is just a way of life and Wayne Dyer makes it easy for you to apply Lao Tze's teaching to your daily life. At the end of each chapter, he provides action steps which you can take to make your life peaceful, inspired and harmonious. If you want to have a book that you can refer to from time to time and remind you to be at peace, this is the book for you. Print | eBook | Audio 3. Being in Balance “There's no such thing as stress; there are only people thinking stressful thoughts.” Wayne Dyer says that everything in the universe is in balance, except we humans. He points out that there is a very subtle imbalance between our dream (our reason for life) and our habits (our way of life). For example, our desire to enjoy life is often hindered by our stressful thoughts of needing to achieve more. This book is not about adopting new strategies to change your behavior. It's about aligning your thinking habits with your deepest desires and restoring the natural equilibrium in your lives. In this book, Wayne Dyer covers nine imbalances that will help you be more aware of these unhealthy habits. This book is suitable for those who feel dissatisfied with their life but doesn't understand why. Print | eBook | Audio 4. The Power of Intention “You feel good not because the world is right, but your world is right because you feel good.” As the book title suggests, this book is about intention. This intention isn't your intention to do something; it's the intention of the universe. Wayne Dyer believes that there is an invisible force and energy field that is bigger than ourselves. When we surrender to this built-in intention in the universe and trust its power, we co-create the lives we desire. This book speaks to the heart. It allows you to feel connected to the universe and its 7 faces — creativity, kindness, love, beauty, expansiveness, abundance and receptivity. Not only will this book inspires you, it also provides a step-by-step guide to help you apply these principles into your daily life. Print | eBook | Audio 5. 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace “Have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing.” This is a book about success but in the perspective of spirituality. It's not about goal setting, financial planning, or choosing the right career. It's about having inner peace which is what that truly defines success for him. In this book, Wayne Dyer elaborates on 10 principles that will guide you to tranquility. Unlike other books from him, this book is a quick read and doesn't have many personal stories. So it is suitable for anyone who is new to Wayne Dyer's works or spirituality. It's also good for someone who wants a quick recap of his teachings. Print | eBook | Audio 6. Wishes Fulfilled “The greatest gift that you were ever given was the gift of your imagination.” This book is about mastering the art of manifesting and getting what you really really want. The first part of this book gets you to change your concept of yourself and recognize something extraordinary within yourself. As per Wayne Dyer, your highest self is where you realize you are connected to the Divine. When you realize this, you can be anything and do anything. The second part of the book lays the foundation of how to manifest your wishes. The author says that if you want to accomplish something, you must first expect it of yourself. And it's not about making positive affirmations; it's a spiritual knowing. Deep down inside, you must know that you are what you already want to be for the manifestation to work. Print | eBook | Audio 7. There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem “Thinking is the source of problems. Your heart holds the answer to solving them.” This book is about dissolving the problems created by your mind. As per Wayne Dyer, problems are nothing more than mistakes in our thinking. If we tap into the higher frequency of our spirits, we can eliminate any problems in our lives. In the beginning of the book, the author shares his experience on having a heart attack and how he shifted from feeling self-pity and denial to gratitude and love. Even though his heart is still damaged, he was able to find peace and recovered when he shifted his energy from negativity to positivity. The book is suitable for you if you are open to new age philosophies and learning through anecdotes. Print | eBook | Audio 8. Wisdom of the Ages “This book is not about appreciating poetry and philosophy as much as it is about applying the wisdom of these writers to our everyday lives.” If you have read Wayne Dyer's books before, you will know he is fascinated by teachers who lived before us and likes to quote them in his books. For this book, he selects 60 teachers from a variety of eras and cultures and shares his interpretation of their works. The ancestral masters include Buddha, Michelangelo, Rumi, Whitman, and Jesus. At the end of each chapter, he also suggests how we can apply these teachings and wisdom to our modern lives. This book is great for those who enjoy reading poetry or about important people from the past and what they have taught the world. Print | eBook | Audio 9. Your Erroneous Zones “Happiness means no complaining about the things over which you can do nothing.” This book is not only Dr. Wayne Dyer first book, it's also one of his best-selling books. It has sold over 35 million copies! This book teaches you to take control of your life and not base your self-worth on other people. If you have problems with guilt, worry, anger, and procrastination, this book will help you deal with these erroneous zones and get out of the victim mindset. However, if you are used to the author's gentle, inspirational writing tone, this book might not be suitable for you. Before he had deeper insights on spirituality, his writing tends to be more on the motivational side and harsh. He even used some sexual references in the book which some might find inappropriate. Nonetheless, the content in this book is still useful and worth checking out. Print | eBook | Audio 10. I Can See Clearly Now “There is some sort of purpose associated with everything that arrives in your life.” This is a memoir on Wayne Dyer's life. He recalls and shares many of his intimate experiences from the time he was a boy up to the time he wrote this book. Through examining his own personal life, he wants to show us that there are no accidents in life. Each step of our journey has something important to teach us, be it good or bad. At the end of each chapter, he reveals what he has learned from each incident in his life and how they all lined up together. If you want to know the backstory of his books, this is the book to get. In this book, Wayne Dyer shares how he got his first book, Your Erroneous Zones, to become the bestseller and what got him to write some of the books on this list. Print | eBook | Audio   Top 10 Best Louise Hay Books from Nerdy Creator 1. Heal Your Body “If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.” Known as the little blue book by the author, this book has helped hundreds of thousands of people to awaken their ability to their own healing process. The author believes that disease (or rather “dis-ease” as per the author) can be reversed by simply reversing mental patterns and creating a new thought pattern. This step-by-step guide can be used as a reference book. Just look up your specific health challenge and you will find the probable cause for this health issue and the information you need to overcome it. If you want to understand the mental causes for your physical illness and the metaphysical way to overcome it, this book is for you. Print | eBook | Audio 2. You Can Heal Your Life “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” This book is about loving yourself. Every issue you have in your life regardless if it's about work, finances, health or relationship, you can trace all of them back to the lack of self-love. The problem that we think we have in life is rarely the problem.  In this book, the author takes you through a session just as if you came to her as a private client and attended one of her workshops. She will help you to understand how limiting your thoughts are and how to respond to situations differently. If you want to free yourself from your negative thinking patterns, read this book. Print | eBook | Audio 3. The Power Is Within You “When I talk about responsibility, I am really talking about having power.” A follow-up to her previous book, You Can Heal Your Life, the author believes that we contribute toward the creation of every condition in our lives, good or bad, with our thinking, feeling pattern. She believes in taking responsibility. However, as mentioned in her book, blame and responsibility are different. Blame is about giving away one's power while responsibility gives us the power to make changes in our lives. And we all have the power within us. If you want to let go of your hidden resentment and regain the power within you, this is the book for you. It will help you take charge of your life. Print | eBook | Audio Alternatively, you can read The Essential Louise Hay Collection, you can find the first three books in the list as a single volume. 4. Mirror Work “Love is the most powerful healing force there is. You can take this love out into the world and silently share it with everyone you meet.” Do you like what you see in the mirror? If you only see flaws in your face or your body or you often judge yourself when you look at the mirror, then this is the book for you. In this book, the author creates a 21-day course on mirror work. In three weeks, you will learn how to cultivate a deeper relationship with yourself simply by looking deep into your eyes and repeating affirmations. This book helps you to look beyond your physical form and truly love yourself. Great for someone who loves self-reflection and journaling. Print | eBook  5. Meditations to Heal Your Life “If I want to be accepted as I am, then I need to be willing to accept others as they are.” In this book, the author shares her philosophy of life on a variety of subjects such as work, relationships, and sexuality. Reading this book challenges you to think creatively beyond your limiting beliefs. As per the author, we come into this world totally connected with our inner wisdom but we pick up fears and limitations along the way. This book doesn't teach you how to meditate. Instead, you are to take each topic and meditate or contemplate on the subject. If there's a statement that you don't agree with, it's okay. But for growth, you are encouraged to examine your beliefs. Print | eBook  6. You Can Heal Your Heart “Our thinking creates our experiences. That doesn't mean the loss didn't happen or that the grief isn't real. It means that our thinking shapes our experience of the loss.” Written with renowned grief and loss expert David Kessler, this book is about finding peace after a breakup, divorce, or death. If you are hurting and need help in dealing with your ended relationships, this book is for you. It will help you feel your feelings, heal your old wounds, and change your distorted thinking about relationships, love, and life. You can choose to remember your loved one only with love, not with sadness or regret. This book will help you do so by healing your heart and increasing your self-awareness and compassion. Print | eBook | Audio 7. Love Your Body “Little babies love every inch of their bodies. They have no guilt, no shame, and no comparison.” If you are someone who judges your body, this is the book for you. This little book helps you to love your body by using affirmations. In this book, you will find 54 affirmations that help you appreciate the different parts of your body such as your hair, eyes, and mouth.  By standing in front of a mirror and repeating these positive affirmations daily, you will plant new positive seeds into your subconscious mind. Using the power of two proven self-esteem building techniques, this book is part affirmation, part journal. You can create your own affirmations using the blank spaces provided. Print | eBook | Audio 8. Power Thoughts “All that I need to know at any given moment is revealed to me. My intuition is always on my side.” This small, little, 11cm by 11cm book has 365 daily affirmations to help you build a more fulfilling and rewarding life. As per the author, “Every thought you think and every word you speak is an affirmation. So why not choose to use only positive affirmations to create a new way of thinking, acting, and feeling?” If you want to bring more positivity into your life and you want something simple that you can read every day, this is the book for you. Read one affirmation a day before you leave your house or give it to your friends as a gift. Print | eBook  Alternatively, you can check out other formats such as her Power Thought Cards or her audiobook, 101 Power Thoughts. Even though the affirmations are different, they are still inspirational and beautiful. It's also nice to have the author read to you the affirmations in her wonderful voice. 9. I Think, I Am “When you say something over and over, you start to believe it is true: and what you believe creates what you do and what happens to you.” Written with her friend, Kristina Tracy, and illustrated by Manuela Schwarz, this children's book helps children to learn the power of their thoughts. You can use this book to teach your children about affirmations. The author believes if children could learn about affirmations early on, their journey through life would be happier and more rewarding, with fewer struggles along the way.  This book will show your children how they can apply affirmations to their daily lives. You will find wonderful examples of kids turning negative thoughts into positive words and actions in this book. Print | eBook  10. Trust Life “I now choose to begin to see myself as the Universe sees me — perfect, whole, and complete.” This book is published to honour the late Louise Hay. In this book, you will find 366 affirmations, one for every day of the year, including the 29th of February. These affirmations are reflections drawn from the inspirational work and wisdom of Louise Hay. Whether you follow the affirmation accordingly each day or randomly read a page daily, this book gives you the encouragement and positivity you need for the day. It's a good book to put beside your bed to read before you start the day or before you go to bed. It will remind you of who you really are. Print | eBook   MINDSET The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey This beloved classic presents a principle-centered approach for solving both personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and practical anecdotes, Stephen R. Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz The book combines the cognitive behavioural technique of teaching an individual how to regulate self-concept, using theories developed by Prescott Lecky, with the cybernetics of Norbert Wiener and John von Neumann. The book defines the mind-body connection as the core in succeeding in attaining personal goals. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Inspired by Andrew Carnegie's magic formula for success, this bookwill teach you the secrets that will bring you a fortune All of Joe Dispenzas books https://drjoedispenza.com/ All of Esther and Jerry Hicks books https://www.abraham-hicks.com/     RELATIONSHIPS 5 Love languages by Gary Chapman Learn how you can communicate in your spouse's 'lovelanguage' and watch your marriage flourish! Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray In his classic guide to understanding the opposite sex, Dr. John Gray, provides a practical and proven way for men and women to improve their communication and relationships by acknowledging the differences between them Dr Phil relationship book Love Smart https://www.amazon.com/Love-Smart-Find-One-Want-Fix/dp/0743272099   MONEY Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki The bookfocuses on building wealth based on cashflow and increasing income from assets. I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi Bestselling author, Ramit Sethi, featured in ABC News, CNN, and the WSJ, has taught thousands to manage their personal finances and how to become rich. A Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins Your Money Your Life by Vicki Robin    

Early in his career, IEEE fellow and retired National Science Foundation program director Paul Werbos developed the neural network training algorithm known as error backpropagation, which has been foundational to the vast majority of today’s advances in artificial intelligence. Listen in as he discusses his work in this area and other topics, including his tenure with the National Science Foundation,… Source

In den 1940er-Jahren entwickelte B.F. Skinner, der Begründer des Radikalen Behaviorismus, die Idee, Raketen mit Hilfe von Tauben zu steuern. Die Tauben sollten vorne in der Kapsel sitzen, auf einen Bildschirm mit Sensoren picken und so die Rakete auf Kurs halten. Zeitgleich arbeitete ein amerikanischer Mathematiker an einem Konzept, das unser Verständnis von Maschinen und wie wir mit ihnen umgehen, revolutionieren sollte. Wir sprechen in der Folge über operantes Konditionieren, die Skinner-Box und die Anfänge der Kybernetik. Vielen Dank an [Christiane Attig](https://twitter.com/christianeattig), die uns in dieser Folge als Expertin unterstützt hat. Sie macht ua. die Podcasts [Brainflicks](https://brainflicks.podigee.io/) und [Science S*heroes](https://sciencesheroes.letscast.fm/). **AUS UNSERER WERBUNG** Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? [**Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte!**](https://linktr.ee/GeschichtenausderGeschichte) **Wer unsere Folgen lieber ohne Werbung anhören will, kann das über eine kleine Unterstützung auf [Steady](https://steadyhq.com/geschichtefm) tun.** **Wir freuen uns, wenn ihr den Podcast bei [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/geschichten-aus-der-geschichte/id1044844618) rezensiert oder bewertet. Für alle jene, die kein iTunes verwenden, gibt's die Podcastplattform [Panoptikum](http://panoptikum.io/), auch dort könnt ihr [uns](https://panoptikum.io/podcasts/84) empfehlen, bewerten aber auch euer ganz eigenes PodcasthörerInnenprofil erstellen.** **Wir freuen uns auch immer, wenn ihr euren Freundinnen und Freunden, Kolleginnen und Kollegen oder sogar Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn von uns erzählt!**

Episode Notes What do Kurt Vonnegut, Noam Chomsky and Donald Trump have to do with tap dance? You might be surprised... On a very special episode, host Tristan Bruns interviews Jim Siegelman, who co-authored 1977s "The Book of Tap" with tap dancer Jerry Ames. If you've read other tap dance history books, then you may be familiar with TBoT, which author Constance Vallis-Hill considers one of the big three of tap dance history books. In the late 1970s, ballet-tap was all the rage and the main source of tap dance histories, besides the Stearns' "Jazz Dance," were short, inconsistent ones found in DIY at-home instruction books. But Jim Siegelman set out to change all of that, and now you can find out how with an detailed look at an important stepping stone in how we view the history and philosophy of tap dance today. Here is a link to the FREE online version of "The Book of Tap". https://archive.org/details/bookoftaprecover0000ames/mode/2up?q=Jerry+Ames+tap Become a Patreon member here: Patreon.com/GFADAF 50% of all support goes to the M.A.D.D. Rhythms Tap Academy on Chicago's South Side. Or, if you liked the episode, leave a one-time tip in the tip jar! This is a long one, so feel free to skip around (times and topics below). 0:00 Theme song + Introduction of Jim Siegelman. 8:00 The origin of "The Book of Tap". 14:04 Siegelman on Interviewing Famous Dancers. 15:20 Brief discussion of Siegelman's other work—"Snapping," "Holy Terror," "Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics"— w/ partner Flo Conway. 23:58 A little bit about tap dancer and co-author Jerry Ames and who wrote what in "TBoT". 28:26 Siegelman responds to my critique of "TBoT" from episodes 7.1-7.3. 42:25 Some tap dance gossip! 46:14 On learning about shocking U.S. American (Tap) history (references to GFADAF EP 3 "The Structure of Tap Dance Revolutions," a juxtaposition of the work of scientific philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn with tap dance. 52:30 Discussing reoccurring topics found in tap dance history writing. 52:50 Topic #1—The Ballet Tap Movement from 1950-1980 57:09 Topic #2—The Twin Streams Theory 1:05:06 Topic #3—"The Hoofers" and the Tap Messiah, the next generation and tap prophecy. 1:13:52 Topic #4—The Happy Slave Ship Dancers Theory 1:20:05 Topic #5—The Death of Minstrelsy Theory 1:29:30 Topic #6—If tap dance is a "melting pot" of cultures, why is it often boiled down to Ireland and Africa? Also, the White Nationalist origin of the "Irish Were Slaves, Too" trope. 1:36:45 Tap Philosopy: Is tap dance inherently happy and is that happiness tied to U.S. American idealism? 1:39:19 Noam Chomsky and his theory of "Transformational Grammar". 1:48:10 The connection between Kurt Vonnegut and tap dance. I'm a big Vonnegut fan and these anecdotes nearly knocked me out of my tap shoes. And so it goes. . . Thank you to our Patreon patrons Liz Rancourt-Smith and Junior Lanyan. Your support is what drives this program. The Gasps From A Dying Art Form Podcast is part of the M.A.D.D. Rhythms Podcast Network. #RespectTheDance Support Gasps From A Dying Art Form by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/gasps-from-a-dying-art-form This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

“Cybernetics is the Greek word for governor, that's where it came from. It was introduced into the contemporary discussion with a book by Norbert Wiener in 1948 called Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. These were the very early days of computers and they were looking for a theory to guide the creation of computers.”Stuart Umpleby is Professor Emeritus of Management at George Washington University School of Business. He has served as President of the American Society of Cybernetics and is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Cybernetics and Systems. His studies in cybernetics, systems and management has led him to consult with the World Bank, US and Canadian government agencies as well as numerous corporate institutions throughout America, Europe, and Asia.· https://blogs.gwu.edu/umpleby
· www.creativeprocess.info

As artificial intelligence gets more and more powerful, the need becomes greater to ensure that machines do the right thing. But what does that even mean? Brian Christian joins Vasant Dhar in episode 13 of Brave New World to discuss, as the title of his new book goes, the alignment problem. Useful resources: 1. Brian Christian's homepage. 2. The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values -- Brian Christian. 3. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions -- Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths. 4. The Most Human Human -- Brian Christian. 5. How Social Media Threatens Society -- Episode 8 of Brave New World (w Jonathan Haidt). 6. Are We Becoming a New Species? -- Episode 12 of Brave New World (w Molly Crockett). 7. The Nature of Intelligence -- Episode 7 of Brave New World (w Yann le Cunn) 8. Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation -- Norbert Wiener. 9.Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies -- Nick Bostrom. 10. Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control -- Stuart Russell. 11. OpenAI. 12. Center for Human-Compatible AI. 13. Concrete Problems in AI Safety -- Dario Amodei, Chris Olah, Jacob Steinhardt, Paul Christiano, John Schulman, Dan Mané. 14. Machine Bias -- Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner. 15. Inherent Trade-Offs in the Fair Determination of Risk Scores -- Jon Kleinberg, Sendhil Mullainathan, Manish Raghavan. 16. Algorithmic Decision Making and the Cost of Fairness -- Sam Corbett-Davies, Emma Pierson, Avi Feller, Sharad Goel, Aziz Huq.. 17. Predictions Put Into Practice -- Jessica Saunders, Priscillia Hunt, John S. Hollywood 18. An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets -- Donald MacKenzie. 19. An Anthropologist on Mars -- Oliver Sacks. 20. Deep Reinforcement Learning from Human Preferences -- Paul F Christiano, Jan Leike, Tom B Brown, Miljan Martic, Shane Legg, Dario Amadei for OpenAI & Deep Mind.