Epstein Secrets

eometric insight and other intuitions aren’t the same as mathematical proofs; that the mystical visions of the English romantic poet and illustrator, William Blake, were not necessarily consistent with the scientific observations and logical arguments of the contemporary Scottish philosopher, David Hume. Paul Ti

atrices are numerous and frequently appear in matrix algebra texts under the rubric of the Frobenius-Perron theorems. Using the entropy formalism of Claude Shannon as developed previously, Hy is computed as the sum across either of the identical rows of each probability times its logarithm, px /og(p.p2x/og(p2))

e are human ones. But there is no reason to suppose that an AGI created in a society consisting primarily of decent citizens, and raised without what William Blake called “mind-forg’d manacles,” will in general impose such manacles on itself (1.e., become irrational) and/or choose to be an enemy of civilization.

series of dinners—an ongoing seminar about media, communications, art, music, and philosophy that focused on Cage’s interest in the ideas of Wiener, Claude Shannon, and Marshall McLuhan, all of whom had currency in the New York art circles in which I was then moving. In particular, Cage had picked up on McLuhan’

e are human ones. But there is no reason to suppose that an AGI created in a society consisting primarily of decent citizens, and raised without what William Blake called “mind-forg’d manacles,” will in general impose such manacles on itself (1.e., become irrational) and/or choose to be an enemy of civilization.

series of dinners—an ongoing seminar about media, communications, art, music, and philosophy that focused on Cage’s interest in the ideas of Wiener, Claude Shannon, and Marshall McLuhan, all of whom had currency in the New York art circles in which I was then moving. In particular, Cage had picked up on McLuhan’