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Shannon is such an engineering marvel as Einstein is for science. His perennial works, hobbies, papers and theses outlined the fundamentals of modern engineerin
by teleforce 3y ago
Shannon is such an engineering marvel as Einstein is for science. His perennial works, hobbies, papers and theses outlined the fundamentals of modern engineering foundations including digital, computer and communication systems including AI systems of early forms of chess engine, LLM, etc [1]. Kleinrock once noted that he has to pursue exotic field of queuing theory that led to packet switching and then Internet, because most of popular problems in his research field have been solved by Shannon (who was also one of Kleinrock's doctoral research study committee members).
[1]How Claude Shannon Helped Kick-start Machine Learning:
https://www.spectrum.ieee.org/claude-shannon-information-theory-2656470431 https://www.spectrum.ieee.org/claude-shannon-information-the...
- 082349872349872 3y agoI'm fond of his "mind-reading machine": https://literateprograms.org/mind_reading_machine__awk_.html https://literateprograms.org/mind_reading_machine__awk_.html (compare Agassi/Becker for the value of single-bit predictions)
- metadat 3y agoWow, what a fascinating concept and read. It's humbling to consider and marvel at what early technology pioneers like Claude Shannon envisioned and accomplished with a tiny, miniscule sliver of computational power compared to what we are surrounded by today. I couldn't resist submitting it, especially considering it has not yet been discussed on HN*: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36385198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36385198 (*A different link covering the same subject was submitted 6 years ago but never caught on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14450232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14450232)