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The Alphabet of Human Thought with Jack Kausch

Aug 30, 2023
Joining me to discuss AI, theurgy, the art of memory, and the alphabet of human thought is Jack Kausch, a PhD student in Information Science. We explore linguistics, the idea of a natural semantic meta-language, and creating a characteristica universalis. We delve into the challenges and potential of natural language generation, navigating latent spaces through glyphs, and the glass beat game's relation to Rosicrucianism. We also discuss user interface experiments and the intersection of ancient concepts and modern technology.
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  • Creating a characteristic universalis using hieroglyphs can facilitate the translation of information across languages and domains of knowledge.
  • The Lullian Arts, with their connections to esotericism, alchemy, and encyclopedism, are relevant in the development of a characteristic universalis.

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The Search for Universal Language

Jack Couch discusses his project to create a characteristic universalis using hero glyphs to translate information between different languages and domains of knowledge. He combines 17th-century ideas about hieroglyphs and Lullian pansophia to imagine a user interface for exploring information through geometric spaces.

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