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RoR Course: The Rebel Frame & the Illusion of Thinking
Artificial Intelligence did not begin with Silicon Valley. It began with philosophers, mathematicians, and rebels who refused to accept that intelligence was mystical. Inspired by Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT & AI’s Heroes Who Kept the Faith by John Willis with Derek Lewis, this 8-part live course explores how AI evolved — not as a hype cycle, but as a centuries-long intellectual revolution. Over eight bi-weekly sessions, we explore how AI learned to count, formalize logic, compute, search, represent knowledge, learn from data, model uncertainty, and ultimately generate language. No heavy math or technical prerequisites are required.
What You Will Learn
- Session 1: The Rebel Frame & the Illusion of Thinking
- What do we mean by ‘thinking machines’?
- The centuries-long intellectual revolution behind AI
- How AI learned to count, formalize logic, and compute
- 8-part bi-weekly live course (April 22, May 6, May 20, and more)
Speakers
John Willis
Author, Rebels of Reason
William Willis
Co-Presenter
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