Wiener

The Birth of AI (1956)

The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence was an academic workshop sometimes considered to be the founding moment for artificial…

Apr 28, 2024 •

Jørgen Veisdal

The Absent-Minded Father of Cybernetics, Norbert Wiener

“When we met, was I walking to the faculty club or away from it? I’m wondering, because in the latter case I’ve already had my lunch” American…

Aug 22, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

The Center of the Mathematical Universe

Around the same time as Kronecker obtained his doctorate, Gauss’ star pupil Riemann also transferred to Berlin, where he stayed for two years before…

Aug 8, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

When Wiener met Einstein (1925)

This issue narrates Norbert Wiener’s chance encounter with Albert Einstein in his own words as recounted to his sister Bertha in 1925. At the time of…

Apr 20, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

On Norbert Wiener's Relationship with Bertrand Russell

The later “Father of Cybernetics” Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) first arrived at Trinity College, Cambridge in September of 1913. Traveling with him was…

Mar 22, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

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