Session 0 :: Overview

Mythology

Jean Regnault :: Pygmalion priant Vénus d'animer sa statue (1786)

What Is Machine

What is "a machine" ?

Hydraulic organ (ὕδραυλις) of Hero of Alexandria (62AD)

Number

Pythagoras

Bust of Pythagoras from Forum Romanum, Rome

What Is Number

What is a number ?

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Algorithm

al-Khwarizmi

picture from steemkr.com @nindyputri

What Is Algorithm

What is an algorithm ?

		i=0;
		while (true) {
			i=i+1;
			print i;
		}

Digit

Fibonacci

What Is Digit

What is a digit ?
I, V, X, L, C, D, M
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1

Code

Leibniz

portrait of G.W. Leibniz

What Is Code

What is code ?

from letter of Leibniz to Duke of Braunschweig (1697)

Representation

Ada Lovelace

portrait of Ada King, countess of Lovelace (cca 1840)

What Is Representation

What is a representation ?

Computation

Alan Matthison Turing

Passport photo of A.M.T., aged 16

What Is Computation

What is computation ?

https://giphy.com/explore/turing-machines

Information

Claude Shannon

TEKNISKA MUSEET / FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS

What Is Information

What is information ?

Longlivetheux https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DIKW_Pyramid.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0

Can Machines Think

Topics: Computer architecture, Operating Systems, Epoche, Internet, Raspberry PI, hackers

Can Machines Learn

Persons: John von Neumann, Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Steve Jobs, Edward Snowden, Satoshi Nakamoto, Lady Ada

Can Machines See

A.I.s & Blockchains: Google, Alexa, Siri, Aladdin, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Palantir, TIA, bots & robots

Can Machines Feel

Questions : Can machine think ? Can machine learn ? Can machine see? Can machine feel?

The Congress

The Futurological Congress AE1000000