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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

Contact: [email protected]

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceosaisoma/

Cover: Murat Durmus


(Logo: Modern Spiral Wind-by Logo Design)

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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.)

Murat Durmus

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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.

Murat Durmus

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Beyond the Algorithm 3

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


59

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


81

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

The Essence of Human Thought

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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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