Edgar Allan Poe and Beethoven were not only artists, but both men expressed an extremely matured sense of creative identity that transcended the bounds of all deductive-inductive forms of logic, and embraced a rigorous use of metaphore and irony that no computer could ever approximate.
In this RTF Lecture, Matt Ehret showcases the roots of automation, and the cult of artificial intelligence with a 2300 year sweep of history and follows the trail of Ludwig van Beethoven and Edgar Allan Poe’s clashes with a magician/priest of a proto-AI cult named Johannes Maelzel.
Supplementary links to this lecture:
Maelzel’s Chess Player by Poe: https://www.eapoe.org/WorkS/harrison/…
Poe: Lost Soul of America by Allan Salisbury: https://archive.schillerinstitute.com…
Claudio Arrau – Beethoven – Piano Sonata No 30 in E major, Op 109 • Claudio Arrau – Beethoven – Piano Son…
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, 2nd movement, • Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, 2nd move…
Canon for Maelzel, for voices and metronome – Ludwig van Beethoven • Canon for Maelzel, for voices and met…
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