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This document appears to be page 126 of a larger manuscript or book included in the House Oversight Committee's investigation (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016929). The text is academic in nature, discussing the history of cybernetics, 'Ashby's Law,' and the philosophical implications of control systems and artificial intelligence, referencing historical figures like Norbert Wiener and Alan Turing. While part of an Epstein-related document dump, this specific page contains philosophical theory rather than direct evidence of transactions or communications.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Kurt Gödel | Mathematician (Historical) |
Mentioned as describing universal systems of computation by the 1930s.
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| Alonzo Church | Mathematician (Historical) |
Mentioned as describing universal systems of computation by the 1930s.
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| Alan Turing | Computer Scientist (Historical) |
Mentioned as describing universal systems of computation by the 1930s.
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| Norbert Wiener | Cybernetics Pioneer (Historical) |
Described as adopting the perspective of the individual relating to vast organizations.
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"Thus, in cybernetics, the goal of the controller becomes the perspective from which the world is viewed."Source
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"He took the perspective of the weak trying to influence the strong."Source
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"Perhaps this is why he was able to notice the emergent goals of the “machines of flesh and blood” and anticipate some of the human challenges posed by these new intelligences..."Source
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fact, enabling to it. What was constraining to cybernetics was the presumption of an
analogy of structure between the controller and the controlled. By the 1930s, Kurt Gödel,
Alonzo Church, and Alan Turing had all described universal systems of computation, in
which the computation required no structural analogy to functions that were computed.
These universal computers could also compute the functions of control.
The analogy of structure between the controller and the controlled was central to
the cybernetic perspective. Just as digital coding collapses the space of possible
messages into a simplified version that represents only the difference that makes a
difference, so the control system collapses the state space of a controlled system into a
simplified model that reflects only the goals of the controller. Ashby’s Law does not
imply that every controller must model every state of the system but only those states that
matter for advancing the controller’s goals. Thus, in cybernetics, the goal of the
controller becomes the perspective from which the world is viewed.
Norbert Wiener adopted the perspective of the individual human relating to vast
organizations and trying to “live effectively within that environment.” He took the
perspective of the weak trying to influence the strong. Perhaps this is why he was able to
notice the emergent goals of the “machines of flesh and blood” and anticipate some of the
human challenges posed by these new intelligences, hybrid machine intelligences with
goals of their own.
analogy of structure between the controller and the controlled. By the 1930s, Kurt Gödel,
Alonzo Church, and Alan Turing had all described universal systems of computation, in
which the computation required no structural analogy to functions that were computed.
These universal computers could also compute the functions of control.
The analogy of structure between the controller and the controlled was central to
the cybernetic perspective. Just as digital coding collapses the space of possible
messages into a simplified version that represents only the difference that makes a
difference, so the control system collapses the state space of a controlled system into a
simplified model that reflects only the goals of the controller. Ashby’s Law does not
imply that every controller must model every state of the system but only those states that
matter for advancing the controller’s goals. Thus, in cybernetics, the goal of the
controller becomes the perspective from which the world is viewed.
Norbert Wiener adopted the perspective of the individual human relating to vast
organizations and trying to “live effectively within that environment.” He took the
perspective of the weak trying to influence the strong. Perhaps this is why he was able to
notice the emergent goals of the “machines of flesh and blood” and anticipate some of the
human challenges posed by these new intelligences, hybrid machine intelligences with
goals of their own.
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