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Ancient Chinese I Ching and Leibniz's binary system linked to AI origins

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The development of artificial intelligence is rooted in a historical intellectual exchange between China and the West, predating modern computer science pioneers. German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz developed the binary numeral system, fundamental to computing, and shared it with Jesuit missionary Father Joachim Bouvet in Beijing. Bouvet recognized Leibniz's binary system as identical to the 64 hexagrams of China's ancient I Ching text, which had been developed approximately 3,000 years prior. This discovery, communicated back to Leibniz, validated his binary system and highlighted a deep, often overlooked, connection between ancient Chinese philosophy and modern scientific principles. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Chow Chung-yan ·

    The I Ching, Leibniz and AI: how old China-West links shaped modern science

    The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) appears sudden and revolutionary, yet its origins stretch deep into history, revealing a profound and forgotten intellectual exchange between China and the West. Long before Alan Turing, Claude Shannon, or even Charles Babbage and Ada Lo…

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