![The Pursuit of Humans and the Forerunners of AI [podcast]](https://www.tekedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pythagoras-768x432.png "The Pursuit of Humans and the Forerunners of AI [podcast]")
In this Tekedia Daily video podcast, I present a historical lineage connecting the ancient philosophy of numbers to the modern field of artificial intelligence. I argue that AI is not a new or isolated phenomenon but the latest and most powerful evolution in humanity’s long-standing quest to understand the universe through data.
The core argument is built on a simple premise: everything is numbers. AI, in this context, is simply the most sophisticated tool yet for making sense of these numbers, giving us an “advantage to understand what is going on there.” The ultimate conclusion is that AI’s purpose is to help us fulfill our most basic human mission: to understand the numbers that rule the universe.
Simply, AI is the modern manifestation of our desire to comprehend the universe, and its power lies in its ability to help us interpret the vast amount of data (or “numbers”) that define our reality. This lecture effectively reframes the discussion of AI from a purely technological one to a philosophical and historical one, positioning it as an essential tool in humanity’s quest for knowledge, as postulated by Pythagoras centuries ago.
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