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Beyond the Algorithm

Beyond the Algorithm

著者： Dr. Dr. Brigitte E.S. Jansen
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Beyond the Algorithm is an English-language podcast at the intersection of technology, philosophy, culture, and ethics. Hosted by Cora, a virtual AI voice, the show explores how algorithms shape our world — from work and identity to politics, creativity, and even consciousness. Each episode combines philosophical depth, cultural insight, and real-world case studies into a unique listening experience. Whether we are asking if machines can be creative, if they can ever become conscious, or how platforms influence democracy, Beyond the Algorithm goes further than technology itself — it asks what it means for humanity. 👉 For curious minds who want to understand how AI is not only changing our machines, but also our societies. Published under the imprint of GfA e.V. #GfAev #GesellschaftFürArbeitsmethodikDr. Dr. Brigitte E.S. Jansen 哲学 社会科学 科学
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  • Beyond the Algorithm - 11

    Beyond the Algorithm - 11
    2026/08/20
    Gordon Pask: Conversation Theory and Learning Through Dialogue (Part I) Understanding is not transmitted, it is rebuilt, and shown across a gap that never closes. Pask built machines that learned through conversation, and unsettled the line between the mechanical and the psychological.
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    36 分
  • Stafford Beer:

    Stafford Beer:
    2026/05/21
    Beyond the Algorithm A series on cybernetics, systems theory, and the question of machine consciousness. Each episode takes one thinker seriously in their own terms, then tests those ideas against the systems being built today. Episodes stand on their own, but they were written in sequence, and the arc rewards listening in order. Created by Brigitte E. S. Jansen. Produced by the Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmethodik e.V., a non-profit association founded in 1954 and based in Baden-Baden, Germany. Narrated by a synthetic voice. In a series about machine minds, that is part of the argument rather than a production shortcut. All episodes and further reading: bta.global-future-association.com
    The association: gfaev.de Comments, corrections, and disagreements are welcome.
    What makes a system viable? How do organizations, from small companies to entire economies, maintain stability while adapting to complexity? Stafford Beer, the founder of management cybernetics, dedicated his life to answering these questions. His crowning achievement, the Viable System Model (VSM), shows how any sustainable system must organize itself through five essential subsystems operating recursively at multiple levels. But Beer wasn't just a theorist; he put his ideas into practice. In 1971, Chile's socialist government invited him to design Cybersyn, a real-time economic management system that would use cybernetic principles to coordinate the nation's economy. For two years, it worked,until Pinochet's coup destroyed both the project and Chile's democracy. In this episode, we explore Beer's VSM in detail, examine what Cybersyn achieved and why it failed, and discover how his principles apply to modern AI systems, organizational governance, and the question of machine autonomy. If consciousness requires viable organization, if intelligence demands recursive structure, then Beer's work isn't just management theory; it's essential for understanding how complex minds maintain themselves.
    More from the Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmethodik The association and its other programmes: gfaev.de Our other podcast series, all in German: GfA – Der Podcast · The same questions pursued in German, currently the series "Das Bewusstsein der Maschinen": gfa-ev.com GfA Kulturwelten · Art, music and cultural history, including a series on the history of Tango Argentino: kulturwelten.gfaev-online.com Gut zu Wissen: KI & SEO Insights · Artificial intelligence, search and structured data, for people who have to make it work in practice: gfaev.eu GfA History · Recorded lectures from the association: gfa-web.de If something here was wrong, or right in a way we did not expect, write to us. Corrections and objections find their way into later episodes.

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    45 分
  • Ross Ashby:

    Ross Ashby:
    2026/04/23
    We enter the realm of practical cybernetics with W. Ross Ashby, the physician-turned-cybernetician who discovered the fundamental laws of self-regulation and control. At the heart of his work lies a deceptively simple principle: only variety can absorb variety. This Law of Requisite Variety explains how thermostats maintain temperature, how organisms maintain homeostasis, how ecosystems stay balanced, and crucially, how intelligent machines might achieve genuine autonomy. Ashby built the Homeostat, a self-regulating machine that demonstrated these principles in hardware. He distinguished adaptation from learning, showed how systems can achieve ultra-stability by changing their own regulatory mechanisms, and developed the black-box methodology that treats systems as fundamentally opaque. In this episode, we explore how Ashby's cybernetics provides the foundation for everything that follows, from Beer's organizational intelligence to Pask's learning systems to modern AI's struggle for autonomous control. If consciousness requires self-regulation, if intelligence demands adaptive variety management, then Ashby's principles aren't just interesting, they're essential.
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    33 分
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