AI Before AI: The Legacy of Norbert Wiener’s Cybernetics (3/3)

AI before AI: The legacy of Norbert Wiener’s cybernetics (3/3)

Norbert Wiener, the founder of cybernetics, may deserve a place in the pantheon of the founding fathers of modern AI, alongside Alan Turing and John von Neumann. FRANCE 24 takes a look at this overlooked mathematician who was one of the first to warn against the automation of society.

Quote of the day by pioneer of cybernetics Norbert Wiener: 'The automated machine is the economic equivalent of slave labour' — foreshadowing the displacement of human labor in the years to come

For as long as humanity has envisioned a future co-existing with machines, there have been fears that labor could be displaced. These fears first sparked during the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s, but have continued in the years since. Most recently, the rise of generative AI has raised these fears once again. Rage against the machineThe American mathematician Norbert Wiener pioneered cybernetics and summarized his thoughts on the subject in…