Epstein Secrets

of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA. His most recent book, co-authored with Dana Mackenzie, is Zhe Book of Why: The Alex “Sandy” Pentland is Toshiba Professor and professor of media arts and sciences, MIT; director of the Human Dynamics and Connection Science labs and the Media Lab Entrepreneurshi

tarts to control the flow of traffic even though no one seems to be in control. There are three laws of artificial intelligence. The first, known as Ashby’s Law, after cybernetician W. Ross Ashby, author of Design for a Brain, states that any effective control system must be as complex as the system it

of human systems in ways you could never do before.” 134 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016937 THE HUMAN STRATEGY Alex “Sandy” Pentland Alex “Sandy” Pentland is Toshiba Professor and professor of media arts and sciences, MIT; director of the Human Dynamics and Connection Science labs and the Media Lab Entrepreneurshi

as complex as the system it controlled. Cyberneticist W. Ross Ashby proved that this was true in a precise mathematical sense, in what is now called Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety, or sometimes the First Law of Cybernetics. The law tells us that to control a system completely, the controller must be a

of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory at UCLA. His most recent book, co-authored with Dana Mackenzie, is Zhe Book of Why: The Alex “Sandy” Pentland is Toshiba Professor and professor of media arts and sciences, MIT; director of the Human Dynamics and Connection Science labs and the Media Lab Entrepreneurshi

tarts to control the flow of traffic even though no one seems to be in control. There are three laws of artificial intelligence. The first, known as Ashby’s Law, after cybernetician W. Ross Ashby, author of Design for a Brain, states that any effective control system must be as complex as the system it

of human systems in ways you could never do before.” 134 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016354 THE HUMAN STRATEGY Alex “Sandy” Pentland Alex “Sandy” Pentland is Toshiba Professor and professor of media arts and sciences, MIT; director of the Human Dynamics and Connection Science labs and the Media Lab Entrepreneurshi

as complex as the system it controlled. Cyberneticist W. Ross Ashby proved that this was true in a precise mathematical sense, in what is now called Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety, or sometimes the First Law of Cybernetics. The law tells us that to control a system completely, the controller must be a