Epstein Secrets

ans think creatively, computers do not. * ‘The process of understanding and communication is complex, much more complex than the digital theorems of Claude Shannon and Harry Nyquist. « Understanding is hard. « The communication of understanding is even harder. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015687 CONTENTS Preface

mplete any of his machines, but in the 20th century a dedicated band of enthusiasts built a working model of Difference Engine No.2. One copy sits in the London Science Museum and another in the Computer History Museum in California. These difference machines are not Turing complete and his Analytical Engine has never been

n Turing wondered what it would take for machines to become intelligent. John von Neumann wondered what it would take for machines to self-reproduce. Claude Shannon wondered what it would take for machines to communicate reliably, no matter how much noise intervened. Norbert Wiener wondered how long it wo

anity.” While ona book tour in London, he was in the midst of planning for FLI, and he admits being driven to tears in a tube station after a trip to the London Science Museum, with its exhibitions spanning the gamut of humanity’s technological achievements. Was all that impressive progress in vain? FLI’s scientific adviso

n Turing wondered what it would take for machines to become intelligent. John von Neumann wondered what it would take for machines to self-reproduce. Claude Shannon wondered what it would take for machines to communicate reliably, no matter how much noise intervened. Norbert Wiener wondered how long it wo

anity.” While ona book tour in London, he was in the midst of planning for FLI, and he admits being driven to tears in a tube station after a trip to the London Science Museum, with its exhibitions spanning the gamut of humanity’s technological achievements. Was all that impressive progress in vain? FLI’s scientific adviso