Is understanding AI a bigger question than understanding the origin of the universe? - Highlights, NEIL JOHNSON

Is understanding AI a bigger question than understanding the origin of the universe? - Highlights, NEIL JOHNSON

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Professor of Physics · GWU · Head of the Dynamic Online Networks Lab

It gets back to this core question: Why AI comes out with what it does. That's the burning question. It's like it's bigger than the origin of the universe to me as a scientist, and here's the reason why. The origin of the universe, it happened. That's why we're here. It's almost like a historical question asking why it happened. The AI future is not a historical question. It's a now and future question.

How can physics help solve real world problems? - NEIL JOHNSON, Head of Dynamic Online Networks Lab

How can physics help solve real world problems? - NEIL JOHNSON, Head of Dynamic Online Networks Lab

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Professor of Physics · GWU · Head of the Dynamic Online Networks Lab

It gets back to this core question: Why AI comes out with what it does. That's the burning question. It's like it's bigger than the origin of the universe to me as a scientist, and here's the reason why. The origin of the universe, it happened. That's why we're here. It's almost like a historical question asking why it happened. The AI future is not a historical question. It's a now and future question.

(Highlights) STUART UMPLEBY

(Highlights) STUART UMPLEBY

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Professor Emeritus of Management at George Washington University School of Business
Former President of the American Society of Cybernetics
Associate Editor of the Journal of Cybernetics and Systems

“Cybernetics is the Greek word for governor, that’s where it came from. It was introduced into the contemporary discussion with a book by Norbert Wiener in 1948 called Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. These were the very early days of computers and they were looking for a theory to guide the creation of computers.”

STUART UMPLEBY

STUART UMPLEBY

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Professor Emeritus of Management at George Washington University School of Business
Former President of the American Society of Cybernetics
Associate Editor of the Journal of Cybernetics and Systems

“Cybernetics is the Greek word for governor, that’s where it came from. It was introduced into the contemporary discussion with a book by Norbert Wiener in 1948 called Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine. These were the very early days of computers and they were looking for a theory to guide the creation of computers.”