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Aristotle & Dantzig: How a 2000 year old ethos aligns with 20th century mathematics

This post is about a bridge between Aristotelian ethics and George Dantzig’s work. Here is where these two great thinkers align:– Aristotle: Practical wisdom is the ability to deliberate well about what is possible.– Dantzig: Optimization is the discipline of … Continue reading

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What Bertrand Russell would say today

Martin Milani: “Bertrand Russell didn’t trust language to express truth. He built a new system—formal logic—to make thought precise. In Principia Mathematica, Russell didn’t try to say things clearly. He tried to prove them. Today’s AI skips that step. It … Continue reading

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Yann LeCun is leaving Meta

“Yann LeCun is leaving Meta. And he thinks LLMs are a dead end.One of the founding fathers of modern AI is quietly preparing his next move.And the reason he is leaving might reshape the entire industry.” Link More

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Bob Kowalski on What is AI?

In 2017 Prof. Bob Kowalski, the famous expert in Logical AI including Prolog, presented “Logic and AI” at the joint session of DecisionCAMP and RuleML+RR. It is interesting to hear his recent thoughts about today’s symbolic and sub-symbolic AIs – … Continue reading

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Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90. Link Read “Thinking, Fast and Slow” for free.

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