Beyond the Algorithm
Murat Durmus
Beyond
the
Algorithm
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An Attempt
to Honor the Human Mind
in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
(Wittgenstein Reloaded)
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Title:
Beyond the Algorithm
Imprint: Independently Published
ISBN: 9798876790330
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About the author:
Murat Durmus, born in Swabia, studied
computer science and philosophy and lives
near Frankfurt am Main. He is interested in
philosophy, science, poetry, wine and es-
presso.
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A serious and good
philosophical work
could be written
consisting entirely
of jokes.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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In its structure,
language shapes thought;
in its ambiguity,
it liberates it.
(1.4.1.1.)
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In every whisper
of the algorithm,
there is an echo
of human thought,
blurred and distorted,
like a philosopher's dream
meandering through
the night.
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Foreword 18
The Essence of Human Thought 20
The World Before the Digital Gods 26
The Illusion of Technological Omnipotence 32
The Renaissance of Human Consciousness 40
The Ethical Imperative of Ignorance 46
Food for thought 54
When you change the way you look at things, the
things you look at change 56
Artificial Intelligence and the Danger of Uniformity
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When we talk about consciousness, we should
mainly use the vocabulary of poetry. 62
Gilgamesh in the Age of AI 64
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Responsible AI 65
Cognitive Bias 66
Technology 67
Prometheus 68
AI-Ethics 69
Algorithms 70
The Greatest Gift of AI 71
Critical Thinking 72
Mosaic of Human Thought 73
The Pursuit of Ethical AI 74
Why We Need More Women in AI 75
More books by the author: 78
Thought-Provoking Quotes & Reflections on
Artificial 79
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The Cognitive Biases Compendium 80
MINDFUL AI: Reflections on Artificial Intelligence
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INSIDE ALAN TURING: QUOTES &
CONTEMPLATIONS 81
RUMI - Drops of Enlightenment: (Quotes & Poems)
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THE WISDOM OF MARCUS AURELIUS: Selected
Thoughts and Quotes for a Fulfilled Life 82
The Sharp Mind of Ludwig Wittgenstein: 83
THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUOTES &
CONTEMPLATIONS FROM FAMOUS PHYSICISTS 83
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Foreword
Foreword
In the quiet hours, when the world sleeps
and the noise of the digital era falls silent...
my thoughts begin to wander. Inspired by
the clarity and depth of Wittgenstein.
An extremely modest attempt to explore the
unfathomable depths of the human mind.
An endeavor as bold and yet as humble as
gazing at the stars, knowing that their light
is but a fleeting flicker in the infinite cosmos.
Murat Durmus
Frankfurt am Main, 19.01 2024
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The Essence of Human Thought
1 The world of human thought is everything
that is the case.
1.1 Human thought arises from the interac-
tion of subjective experience and objective
reality.
1.1.1 This interaction both shapes and limits
understanding.
1.2 What can be thought must be uniquely
human, a fusion of logic, emotion, and the
unquantifiable.
1.2.1 The realm of human thought goes be-
yond the capacity of logical form.
1.3 Logic is a subset of human thought, not
its totality.
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1.3.1 Logical thinking attempts to represent
reality; human thinking attempts to inter-
pret and experience it.
1.3.1.1 Interpretation is the art of finding
meaning where logic finds facts.
1.4 The limits of my language mean the lim-
its of my world.1
1.4.1 Language is both a tool and an obstacle
to human thought.
1.4.1.1 In its structure, language shapes
thought; in its ambiguity, it liberates it.
1 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus logigo-philosphicus
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1.5 Imagining a world without AI means im-
agining a world in which thought is free but
not unbound.
1.5.1 The absence of AI does not mean that
thinking lacks complexity but that it returns
to its organic roots.
1.5.2 In this world, thinking is slower yet
richer, limited yet deeper.
1.6 The value of human thinking lies in its
imperfection.
1.6.1 Mistakes are not just errors but the
traces of learning and discovery.
1.6.1.1 AI tries to eliminate errors; human
thinking accepts them as a path to wisdom.
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1.7 What one cannot speak of, one must re-
main silent about.2
1.7.1 The essence of human thinking lies not
only in what is said but also in what re-
mains unsaid.
1.7.1.1 In the silence, the unspoken thoughts,
lies the true depth of human understand-
ing.
2 Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus logigo-philosphicus
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