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This document is page 174 of a larger file, bearing the Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016394, indicating it is part of a document production for a Congressional investigation (likely regarding Jeffrey Epstein's connections to MIT). The content is an academic essay titled 'The Artistic Use of Cybernetic Beings' by MIT professor Caroline A. Jones. The text discusses the history of cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence, and art, referencing figures like Norbert Wiener and Nam June Paik, but contains no direct communication or financial details regarding Epstein on this specific page.

People (12)

Name Role Context
Caroline A. Jones Author / Professor
Professor of art history in the Department of Architecture at MIT
Nam June Paik Artist
Quoted regarding cybernated art (1966)
Norbert Wiener Cyberneticist / Author
Author of 'The Human Use of Human Beings', coined the term cybernetics
Gilles Deleuze Philosopher
Referenced regarding the 'machinic phylum'
Félix Guattari Philosopher
Referenced regarding the 'machinic phylum'
André-Marie Ampère Physicist/Mathematician
Mentioned in footnote regarding the earlier coinage of the word cybernetics in 1834
Descartes Historical Figure
Cited in the lineage of systems thinking
Leibniz Historical Figure
Cited in the lineage of systems thinking
Sadi Carnot Historical Figure
Cited in the lineage of systems thinking
Clausius Historical Figure
Cited in the lineage of systems thinking
Maxwell Historical Figure
Cited in the lineage of systems thinking
Watt Historical Figure
Cited in the lineage of systems thinking

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
MIT
Department of Architecture, employer of Caroline A. Jones
House Oversight Committee
Identified via Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016394'

Locations (1)

Location Context
MIT
Department of Architecture

Relationships (1)

Caroline A. Jones Employment MIT
Caroline A. Jones is a professor of art history in the Department of Architecture at MIT

Key Quotes (2)

"Cybernated art is very important, but art for cybernated life is more important. — Nam June Paik, 1966"
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"In Wiener’s usage, things 'cyber' simply involved 'control and communication in the animal and the machine.'"
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