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Subject: HPS Research Seminar, Monday 4, March 2024 at 5:30pm
School of History and Philosophy of Science
RESEARCH SEMINAR
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The Liar paradox, the halting problem and the edge of chaos
Mikhail Prokopenko (USyd)
Dates: Monday, 04/03/2024
Time: 5:30pm
Venue: New Law (F10), Level 3, Seminar Room 344
How to register: Free, no registration required
Abstract: We will explore several fundamental relations between formal systems,
algorithms, and dynamical systems, focussing on the roles of self-reference and
computational undecidability. This comparative analysis will emphasise three
factors: (i) the program-data duality; (ii) the potential to access an infinite
computational medium; and (iii) the ability to implement negation. Importantly,
the program-data duality requires that a computational agent must be able to
store and process encoded information, as well as create self-referential
meta-level simulations. Finally, within Gödel – Turing – Post framework, we
will argue that undecidability leads to novelty generation, via the emergence
of functional self-descriptions across major transitions: genetic, linguistic
and cultural.
Bio: Prof. Mikhail Prokopenko leads the Centre for Complex Systems at the
University of Sydney. He holds PhD in Computer Science, MA in Economics, and
MSc in Applied Mathematics. Mikhail has a strong international reputation in
modelling and simulation of complex self-organising systems, with over 200
publications and h-index of 43. His cross-disciplinary research in information
theory, critical phenomena and artificial intelligence has been applied to
pandemic and crisis modelling, systems biology, urban dynamics, and other
diverse areas.
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