In the game of life and evolution there are three players at the table: human beings, nature, and machines. I am firmly on the side of nature. But nature, I suspect, is on the side of the machines.
-- George Dyson
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In the game of life and evolution there are three players at the table: human beings, nature, and machines. I am firmly on the side of nature. But nature, I suspect, is on the side of the machines.
-- George Dyson
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeDyson #Evolution #HumanBeings #Life
Apollo Rope Memory (Lunar Module, fixed RO, 4 kb RAM got to the moon)
http://ng27owmagn5amdm7l5s3rsqxwscl5ynppnis5dqcasogkyxcfqn7psid.onion/watch?v=WquhaobDqLU
http://ng27owmagn5amdm7l5s3rsqxwscl5ynppnis5dqcasogkyxcfqn7psid.onion/watch?v=hckwxq8rnr0
Lots of fascinating history!
https://computerhistory.org
Turing's Cathedral by George Dyson
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/44425/turings-cathedral-by-george-dyson/
#computerHistory #LEM #GeorgeDyson #NASA #RAM #Core #Topography #hardware #computer #Turing #MIT
It reminds me of #GeorgeDyson's brilliant memoir/history of computing, *Turing's Cathedral*, where he describes how he and the other children of the scientists building the first digital computers at the #PrincetonInstitute spent their summers in the basement, hand-winding cores for the early colossi their parents were building on the floors above them:
https://memex.craphound.com/2012/03/12/george-dysons-history-of-the-computer-turings-cathedral/
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This is good, if you're interested in tech history. Describes the ideas, circumstances, and personalities (principally John von Neumann) that gave rise to modern computers. There's a surfeit of detail on peripheral topics, but it's a complex story well told
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An #AI triple bill, nearly 4 hours of #podcast interviewing 3 authors of #JohnBrockman's anthology "Possible Minds: 25 ways of looking at AI". Discussion with #GeorgeDyson, #AlisonGopnik, & #StuartRussell.
I'm just about half way through, but it is a fascinating deep dive wide net discussion around the subject of AI and where our #technology is going into the future. Will it align with our species needs or are we building a future of new mythology.
In this episode of the Making Sense podcast, Sam Harris introduces John Brockman’s new anthology, “Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI,” in conversation with three of its authors: George Dyson, Alison Gopnik, and Stuart Russell. George Dyson is a historian of technology. He is also the author of Darwin Among the Machines and … Continued
Wisdom in Space
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