Poe and Beethoven Debunk Artificial Intelligence Cult
Edgar Allan Poe and Beethoven were not only artists, but both men expressed an extremely matured sense of creative identity that transcended the bounds of all deductive-inductive forms of logic, and embraced a rigorous use of metaphore and irony that no computer could ever approximate. In this RTF Lecture, Matt Ehret showcases the roots of automation, and the cult of artificial intelligence with a 2300 year sweep of history and follows the trail of Ludwig van Beethoven and Edgar Allan Poe's clashes with a magician/priest of a proto-AI cult named Johannes Maelzel.
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Also, was this the first time someone or something had thrown over the chessboard?
Great lecture and discussion. The denial of free will lies at the heart of the claim we and our fellow creatures are mere machines. This often involves the denial of common sense and everyday perception i.e. reality e.g. Zeno's Paradox which gives us the mistaken impression we never get from A to B. The thing is the equation used to show that, an infinitely regressing series, is a description of going from A and never quite getting to B, as we go half the distance, then another half and so on. But because we have free will we can go half the distance, then half again, A to B. I think Zeno put it out as a warning not to get duped by logic taken to the extreme. Our fellow creatures, and most humans, are lucky, they just go from A to B without having to contemplate such philosophical conundrums.