My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it ‘information’, but the word was overly used, so I decided to call it ‘uncertainty’. When I discussed it with John von Neumann, he had a better idea. Von Neumann told me, “You should call it entropy, for two reasons. In the first place your uncertainty function has… — Claude Shannon Copy Share
The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point. — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
Use the word 'cybernetics', Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments. — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines. — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
I am very seldom interested in applications. I am more interested in the elegance of a problem. Is it a good problem, an interesting… — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
We know the past but cannot control it. We control the future but cannot know it. — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
