Session 0 :: Overview

31.12.1785

Mythology

Mythology Jean Regnault :: Pygmalion priant Vénus d'animer sa statue (1786)
31.12.61

What Is Machine

What is "a machine" ? Hydraulic organ (ὕδραυλις) of Hero of Alexandria (62AD)
02.01.-550

Number

Pythagoras Bust of Pythagoras from Forum Romanum, Rome
02.01.-550

What Is Number

What is a number ? WikiMedia User HB, licence CC BY NC SA 4.0
01.01.820

Algorithm

al-Khwarizmi picture from steemkr.com @nindyputri
01.01.820

What Is Algorithm

What is an algorithm ? i=0; while (true) { i=i+1; print i; }
31.12.1201

Digit

Fibonacci
31.12.1201

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
30.12.1696

Code

Leibniz portrait of G.W. Leibniz
30.12.1696

What Is Code

What is code ? from letter of Leibniz to Duke of Braunschweig (1697)
01.01.1840

Representation

Ada Lovelace portrait of Ada King, countess of Lovelace (cca 1840)
01.01.1840

What Is Representation

What is a representation ?
01.01.1936

Computation

Alan Matthison Turing Passport photo of A.M.T., aged 16
01.01.1936

What Is Computation

What is computation ? https://giphy.com/explore/turing-machines
01.01.1948

Information

Claude Shannon TEKNISKA MUSEET / FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS
01.01.1948

What Is Information

What is information ? Longlivetheux https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DIKW_Pyramid.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0
31.12.2018

Can Machines Think

Topics: Computer architecture, Operating Systems, Epoche, Internet, Raspberry PI, hackers
31.12.2018

Can Machines Learn

Persons: John von Neumann, Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Steve Jobs, Edward Snowden, Satoshi Nakamoto, Lady Ada
31.12.2018

Can Machines See

A.I.s & Blockchains: Google, Alexa, Siri, Aladdin, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Palantir, TIA, bots & robots
31.12.2018

Can Machines Feel

Questions : Can machine think ? Can machine learn ? Can machine see? Can machine feel?
13.02.2019

The Congress

The Futurological Congress AE1000000