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Extraction Summary
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Document Information
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Essay / manuscript page / evidence file
File Size:
2.27 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 39 of a philosophical essay or manuscript found in the House Oversight files (Bates stamp 016842). The text discusses the evolution of decentralized control systems, tracing a path from the Cold War defense system SAGE to airline reservation systems (Sabre), and finally to modern social networks and data mining (implicitly Facebook and Google). The author theorizes on 'laws of artificial intelligence,' citing cybernetician W. Ross Ashby and mathematician John von Neumann to argue that complex systems cannot be reduced to simple descriptions and eventually begin to control the 'meaning' they were meant to map.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| W. Ross Ashby | Cybernetician |
Cited for 'Ashby's Law' regarding control systems and complexity; author of 'Design for a Brain'.
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| John von Neumann | Mathematician/Scientist |
Cited for articulating the second law of artificial intelligence regarding complex systems.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Likely Author (Implied) |
While not named on the page, this text is a known essay attributed to Epstein found within his files, discussing his ...
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| SAGE |
Semi-Automatic Ground Environment; a US defense system mentioned as a precursor to modern networks.
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| Sabre |
First integrated reservation system for booking airline travel, spawned by SAGE.
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| United States |
Mentioned as the entity defending against airborne attack in 1958.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016842' at the bottom.
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Locations (1)
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Mentioned in the context of 1958 defense scenarios.
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Relationships (1)
Text states 'W. Ross Ashby, author of Design for a Brain'
Key Quotes (4)
"Nowhere is there any controlling model of the system except the system itself."Source
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"In time, it will control meaning, in the same way as the traffic map starts to control the flow of traffic even though no one seems to be in control."Source
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"The simplest complete model of an organism is the organism itself."Source
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"What if you wanted to build a machine to capture what everything known to the human species means?"Source
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