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200 - Sean Carroll, Daniel Dennett, & Steven Pinker: AI, Parapsychology, Panpsychism, & Physics Violations

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Cybernetics and Control Systems in Achieving Goals

Norbert Wiener addressed the paradox of human beings being goal-directed in a universe with one-way laws through the language of control systems and feedback. He emphasized the ability to specify physical systems with a goal state, input measurement, inventory of actions, and predictable consequences. By implementing actions that reduce discrepancies between the goal state and the current state on average, systems can achieve their objectives.

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