Cybernetics, second edition: supplementary chapters IX–X
The two supplementary chapters (IX and X) of the second edition of Norbert Wiener’s Cybernetics (1961), read in the MIT Press reissue (2019), whose Part II is headed “Supplementary Chapters (1961)”. The 1961 printing was not read.
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- Some Studies in Machine Learning Using the Game of CheckersChapter IX of Wiener’s Cybernetics (1961) names Samuel’s checker-playing machine and cites his 1959 article in its notes.1961 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Some Studies in Machine Learning Using the Game of Checkers: document page →
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- A machine can only do what it is ordered to doThe supplementary chapter IX of Wiener’s Cybernetics (second edition, 1961) states that the checker-playing machine described by Samuel and Watanabe can learn to defeat the man that programmed it in a fairly consistent way.1961 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗A machine can only do what it is ordered to do: propositions page →
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