AI pioneer Marvin Minsky has passed away, Virginia Woolf’s concept of time, Karl Lagerfeld’s book collection, life in the universe, anthropomorphism and the 4th industrial revolution.
Marvin Minsky is dead (obituary NY Times).
The American researcher was one of the pioneers in artificial intelligence and computer technology. In his bestseller “ Society of Mind ,“ he uses short essays to describe how human thought works. By imitating these processes—a kind of hierarchical agent structure in which each computational step was divided into individual, competing tasks—he helped AI achieve its decisive breakthrough and brought about a new understanding of general thought processes. Marvin Minsky (Wikipedia) was 88 years old.
Ein humanoider Roboter veranschaulicht die Entwicklungen der künstlichen Intelligenz und erinnert an die Pionierarbeit von Marvin Minsky.
Virginia Woolf and Subjective Time (Brain Pickings).
Subjective time has only been scientifically investigated in recent years. Particularly in neuroscience, what many people perceive is being explored experimentally. The British writer Virginia Woolf addressed this topic in her art many years earlier, being far ahead of her time .
Man vs. Machine: Apps as Doctor (FAZ).
Computer technology is developing at a rapid pace. It is opening up more and more domains of human intelligence – with dramatic consequences. The 4th Industrial Revolution (FAZ) will bring about enormous upheavals in the coming decades, especially in the labor market. This will also affect medicine. In some areas, software already surpasses human diagnostic capabilities. Jaron Lanier’s book „Who Owns the Future? „ illustrates the dramatic situation in the labor market caused by AI.
Karl Lagerfeld’s book collection (FAZ)
The German fashion designer is said to own 300,000 books – a number that surpasses that of many city libraries. The article offers a glimpse interesting into where this creative mind draws his inspiration, including the fact that he also seeks out things he isn’t actually looking for.
Extraterrestrial life may already be extinct (ORF.at).
Humans have always dreamed of encountering extraterrestrial life. However, Australian astrobiologists have come to the sobering conclusion that the vast majority of all life in the universe has long since become extinct.
Ein Bücherregal oder offene Bücher stehen für Literatur, Philosophie und Virginia Woolfs Verständnis von Zeit und Bewusstsein.
Anthropomorphism – Humanizing others as an obstacle to knowledge (Wikipedia).
Humans tend to project their own experiences onto everything else – no wonder, given their inherent humanity. However, anthropomorphism can lead to errors, for example in the conception of consciousness, as I will explain here .
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