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Norbert Wiener: Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) was an American mathematician and polymath known as the father of cybernetics. Wiener contributed significantly to mathematics, especially in areas like stochastic and mathematical analysis. His interdisciplinary work in cybernetics explored systems, control theory, and their application to diverse fields like communication, biology, and robotics. See also Cybernetics, Robots, Artificial Intelligence._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Daniel Dennett on Wiener - Dictionary of Arguments
Brockman I 43 Wiener/Dennett: Alan Turing’s famous 1950 article “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,”(1) in the philosophy journal Mind, foresaw the development of AI, and so did Wiener, but Wiener saw further and deeper, recognizing that AI would not just imitate - and replace - human beings in many intelligent activities but change human beings in the process: Wiener: We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water. We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.(2) >Artificial intelligence/Wiener, >Control/Wiener. Brockman I 45 Dennett: One of the disturbing lessons of recent experience is that the task of destroying a reputation for credibility is much less expensive than the task of protecting such a reputation.) Wiener saw the phenomenon at its most general: “[I]n the long run, there is no distinction between arming ourselves and arming our enemies.”(2) The information age is also the dysinformation age. 1. Turing, AM (1950) “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,”in: Mind, Volume LIX, Issue 236, October 1950, Pages 433–460, 2. The Human Use of Human Beings (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954), 96. 3. The Human Use of Human Beings (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954) Dennett, D. “What can we do?”, in: Brockman, John (ed.) 2019. Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI. New York: Penguin Press._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Dennett I D. Dennett Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, New York 1995 German Edition: Darwins gefährliches Erbe Hamburg 1997 Dennett II D. Dennett Kinds of Minds, New York 1996 German Edition: Spielarten des Geistes Gütersloh 1999 Dennett III Daniel Dennett "COG: Steps towards consciousness in robots" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Dennett IV Daniel Dennett "Animal Consciousness. What Matters and Why?", in: D. C. Dennett, Brainchildren. Essays on Designing Minds, Cambridge/MA 1998, pp. 337-350 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 Brockman I John Brockman Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI New York 2019 |