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This document is page 142 from a book titled 'Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?', bearing the Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015832. The text discusses the functional utility of numbers in mathematics versus art, referencing Mathematica software, Van Gogh's paintings (specifically 'The Starry Night' which is pictured), and Edwin Morgan's poetry. It explores concepts of information theory and knowledge discovery. While the content is academic/philosophical, the Bates stamp suggests it was included in a document production for a House Oversight Committee investigation, potentially related to scientific funding or the MIT Media Lab connections often associated with the Epstein case.
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| Van Gogh | Artist |
Mentioned as an example of an artist whose work was criticized in his lifetime.
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| Edwin Morgan | Poet |
Mentioned in reference to his 'Loch Ness Monster poem'.
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| Mathematica |
Mentioned as software used to process mathematical numbers.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015832' at the bottom.
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Referenced in the title of a poem by Edwin Morgan.
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Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
Are the Androids Dreaming Yet?
happen if I make a call. I will have an interesting conversation or pay my gas bill. It’s the same with most numbers. If I have a number that represents the design for a building or a mathematical theorem, these numbers have purpose. If I input these numbers to a computer along with some building design software or a copy of Mathematica they will do something interesting; allowing a construction firm to build a innovative building or a mathematician to check a theorem is sound.
It’s a lot harder to prove numbers representing art are functionally useful. A work of art is in some sense not complete – it still needs to go through the process of being appreciated by someone. We could show it to a friend or exhibit it in a gallery but this is un unpredictable process. Van Gogh’s paintings were so criticized in his lifetime, many people would have denied them the label art, and Edwin Morgan’s Loch Ness
[Image: Painting of The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh]
Art or Information
Monster poem is almost pure gibberish, but it’s undoubtedly art. Art is a tricky problem but, in practice, most of us agree on what constitutes good and bad art. We will look again at art, in Chapter 10.
Classically we assume knowledge is discovered through random chance and iteration. To understand how this might work let’s lay out the world’s information in a way we can visualize. Imagine every piece of discoverable knowledge could be found in an infinitely large library.
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