Richard S O'Rourke

thermodynamics · cybernetics · political economy

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Topic

Viable System Model

Cybernetics

Research

  • The LLM as variety transducer: Ashby's intelligence-amplifier architecture and Beer's viable system model as a diagnostic and predictive framework

    Published
  • The Hollow Human: A Cybernetic Anatomy of AI and Ethics

    Working draft
  • Intelligence as Selection: Ashby, Beer, and the Design of Viable Autonomous Vehicles

    Working draft