Письмо А. И. Бергу (Letter to A. I. Berg)
A. N. Kolmogorov’s undated letter to A. I. Berg, which its editors date to 1961, read in a typeset edition of 2023 published by MCCME. The editors report an earlier publication from A. A. Lyapunov’s papers (Novosibirsk, 2001), not seen.
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- Письмо А. И. Бергу [Letter to A. I. Berg], with an editorial commentary PDF of pp. 199–203 (part III, ‘Кибернетика. Семиотика. Эстетика’) of a MCCME publication, hosted at biblio.mccme.ru; typeset 2023 (PDF creation date 2023-04-24). The volume’s title is not shown in the excerpt. The commentary says the letter was published earlier from A. A. Lyapunov’s papers (Novosibirsk, 2001). · published 1961 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-11-02 (SHA-256 eec6cd59ee6fa5c2fa9daa103a40fa109aac3bdba865a7376ff95d5023d60591) and again at admission on 2026-11-04 (same file). A later typeset edition of the letter (2023 PDF); the 2001 publication and the original letter were not seen. · In Russian (ru)
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- A machine could thinkKolmogorov’s letter to A. I. Berg (1961) restates theses of his lecture ‘Automata and life’ as he had formulated them for the magazine Tekhnika — molodezhi: if being alive or able to think is defined purely functionally, for example by counting as thinking a material system with which one can reasonably discuss problems of science or literature, then the artificial creation of living and thinking beings must be recognised as feasible in principle.1961 · event · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗A machine could think: propositions page →
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