Epistechnology

To Know Is to Filter: Norbert Wiener and the Mirage of Semantic Estimation

Emmanuele — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0200

For Norbert Wiener, knowing was filtering: separating a stationary signal from corrupting noise. Contemporary AI inherits this premise, mistaking the statistical suppression of error for genuine understanding and judgment.

The Turing Betrayal

Emmanuele — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:30:00 +0200

Turing's imitation game became a shorthand for machine intelligence. Its reception often collapses a question about observable performance into claims about understanding, then into a design preference for replacing people.

The Myth of Autonomous Tech: Designers, Responsibility, and Biological Extension

Emmanuele — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200

Modern discourse oscillates between viewing technology as a neutral tool or as an autonomous destiny. Both stances mask human architectural choices; genuine technical emancipation lies in Intelligence Augmentation as vital extension.

Shannon's Warning Restored: Information, LLMs, and Meaning

Emmanuele — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200

In 1948, Claude Shannon separated transmission from semantics. With Large Language Models, treating statistical fluency as conscious understanding repeats an old error.