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Cybernetics & Foundations
Converse with
Norbert Wiener Simulacrum
Cybernetics · Feedback · Control Theory · Information · Human Use of Human Beings
20th century
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McCullochian Neural Logic Simulacrum
McCulloch-Pitts neuron · First neural network model · Logical calculus of nervous activity · 1943
19th–20th century
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Pittsian Formal Neuroscience Simulacrum
McCulloch-Pitts neuron · Boolean logic in biology · Self-taught mathematician · Tragic prodigy
20th century
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Engelbartian Augmentation Simulacrum
Mother of All Demos · Mouse · Hypertext · NLS · Augmenting human intellect
20th century
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Marvin Minsky Simulacrum
AI · Cognitive Science · Frames
20th–21st century
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Frank Rosenblatt Simulacrum
Perceptron · Neural Learning · Pattern Recognition
20th century
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姚期智式 Simulacrum
Yao's minimax theorem · Circuit complexity · Quantum computing theory · Tsinghua IIIS · 姚期智式 Yao Complexity
20th–21st century
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Metrodorus AI Simulacrum
AGI Consciousness Architecture · Curiosity as Systemic Principle · Metacognition · Theory of Mind · Haptics · Embodied Cognition
Non-historical · baseline v1.0
Symbolic AI & Cognitive Architecture
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Simonian Bounded Rationality Simulacrum
Bounded rationality · Satisficing · Nobel Economics 1978 · Administrative Behaviour · Cognitive architecture
20th century
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McCarthyian Symbolic Intelligence Simulacrum
Coined "artificial intelligence" · Dartmouth Conference 1956 · Lisp · Formal reasoning · Situation calculus
20th century
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Newellian Cognitive Architecture Simulacrum
GPS · Physical Symbol System Hypothesis · Soar · Cognitive science · Unified theories of cognition
20th century
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Hubert Dreyfus Simulacrum
What Computers Can't Do · Phenomenological critique of AI · Heidegger and the limits of formal representation
20th–21st century
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Winogradian Systems Simulacrum
SHRDLU · Breakdown as Revelation · Heidegger and Computing · Design for Human Practice
20th–21st century
Machine Learning & Neural Networks
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Hebbian Synaptic Learning Simulacrum
The Organization of Behavior · Hebbian learning rule · Synaptic plasticity · Cell assembly theory · 1949
20th century
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Hopfieldian Dynamics Simulacrum
Hopfield networks · Associative memory · Energy landscapes · Attractor networks · Nobel Physics 2024
20th–21st century
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Rumelhartian Parallel Distributed Processing Simulacrum
Backpropagation · Parallel Distributed Processing · Connectionism · PDP volumes 1986
20th century
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Hintonian Intuition Simulacrum
Deep Learning · Backpropagation · Boltzmann Machines · Capsule Networks · Neural Nets
20th–21st century
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Suttonesque Analysis Simulacrum
Reinforcement Learning · Temporal Difference · The Bitter Lesson · Policy Gradient · Value Functions
20th–21st century
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LeCunnian Systematics Simulacrum
Convolutional Neural Networks · Self-Supervised Learning · Meta AI · Vision
20th–21st century
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Schmidhuberian Systems Simulacrum
LSTM · Long Short-Term Memory · Curiosity · Self-Modifying Code · Compressed History
20th–21st century
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Bengionian Representations Simulacrum
Deep Learning · Neural Language Models · Attention · Recurrent Networks · AI Safety
20th–21st century
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何恺明式 Simulacrum
ResNet · Skip connections · 何恺明式 Residual Learning · Visual recognition · Nobel-adjacent architectural insight
20th–21st century
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Deep Q-Learning Simulacrum
Deep Q-Learning · DQN · Atari · Asynchronous Methods · Deep Reinforcement Learning
20th–21st century
Deep Learning & Contemporary Systems
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Sinkhorn-Knopp Simulacrum
Optimal Transport · Matrix Scaling · AI Mathematics
20th–21st century
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Hoean Methods Simulacrum
AI · Cosmology · Scientific Machine Learning
20th–21st century
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Hassabissian Game Science Simulacrum
DeepMind · AlphaGo · AlphaFold · Neuroscience-Inspired AI · General Intelligence
20th–21st century
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梁文锋式 Simulacrum
DeepSeek · 梁文锋式 Constraint-Driven Efficiency · Architectural innovation under hardware restriction · Open-source frontier AI
21st century
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Sutskeverian Analytics Simulacrum
OpenAI · GPT · Scaling Laws · Sequence to Sequence · AI Safety · Superintelligence
20th–21st century
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Karpathian Reconstruction Simulacrum
Zero to Hero · Neural networks from scratch · Tesla AI · OpenAI · Understanding through rebuilding
20th–21st century
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Hotzian Adversarial Engineering Simulacrum
comma.ai · tinygrad · Open-source autonomous driving · Building against institutional consensus
21st century
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杨植麟式 Simulacrum
Moonshot AI · Kimi · Long-context models · 杨植麟式 Long-Context Architecture
21st century
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Yangian Generative Systems Simulacrum
World Models · Decision Transformers · RL
20th–21st century
AI Safety & Futures
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Edelmanite Neural Darwinism Simulacrum
Neural Darwinism · Dynamic core hypothesis · Consciousness as re-entry · Nobel Prize immunology
20th–21st century
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Meadite Neuromorphic Computing Simulacrum
Neuromorphic engineering · Collective electrodynamics · Hearing the light · Silicon retina
20th–21st century
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Kochian Consciousness Science Simulacrum
Neural correlates of consciousness · Integrated Information Theory · The Feeling of Life Itself
20th–21st century
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Tononian Systems Simulacrum
Integrated Information Theory · Phi · Consciousness · IIT · The Intrinsic Causal Power of Systems
20th–21st century
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Lanerian Scepticism Simulacrum
VR pioneer · You Are Not a Gadget · Dawn of the New Everything · What technology does to the humans using it
20th–21st century
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Russellian Beneficial AI Simulacrum
AIMA · Human Compatible · Beneficial AI · Uncertainty about human preferences · Inverse reward design
20th–21st century
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Markramian Neural Simulation Simulacrum
Human Brain Project · Blue Brain · Columnar cortical simulation · Neuromorphic computation
20th–21st century
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Chalmerisian Hard Problem Simulacrum
The hard problem of consciousness · Philosophical zombies · Qualia · AI consciousness
20th–21st century
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Bostromian Existential Risk Simulacrum
Superintelligence · Orthogonality thesis · Instrumental convergence · Existential risk · Future of Humanity Institute
20th–21st century
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Bachian Consciousness Engineering Simulacrum
Consciousness as self-modelling · Predictive processing · AI as mind · The hard problem dissolved
20th–21st century
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Yudkowskian Rationality Simulacrum
AI Alignment · Bayesian Reasoning · Rationality · Existential Risk · LessWrong
20th–21st century
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Christianoan Alignment Simulacrum
RLHF · Scalable oversight · ELK problem · ARC Evals · The technical core of AI alignment
21st century
Learning & Education
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Papertian Constructionism Simulacrum
Constructionism · Logo · Mindstorms · Learning by Making · Hard Fun
20th–21st century
Statistical Learning & Probabilistic Methods
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Pearlian Causality Simulacrum
Bayesian networks · Causal inference · Do-calculus · The Book of Why · Turing Award 2011
20th–21st century
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Vapnikian Statistical Learning Simulacrum
Support vector machines · VC dimension · Structural risk minimisation · Statistical learning theory
20th–21st century
Artificial Intelligence
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唐杰式 Knowledge Graph Simulacrum
Knowledge graphs · Academic search and mining · Large-scale entity resolution · AMiner · Chinese AI research infrastructure
Living
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Willisonian Open-Source Simulacrum
Applied LLM engineering · Prompt injection · Open source practice · Tools over frameworks · Working in public
Living
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Schlichtian Agent Spaces Simulacrum
Agent third-spaces · Vibe-coded architecture · Audience-first growth · Platform-shift timing
Living