Author: Georgios Mappouras

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Georgios Mappouras
Date
September 15, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Philosophy

Tagged
Featured, functional information, Infinite monkeys theorem, Meno’s Paradox, Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC), Socrates (470–399 BC)}

My Brand-New Tech Idea Turned Out To Be … Socrates!

_{This experience was a useful reminder that sometimes what looks like the frontier of science and technology is just another path into philosophy} _{Georgios Mappouras
September 15, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Philosophy}

The question of how to recognize a discovery without any criterion for recognition turned out to be Meno’s Paradox, from Plato’s dialogues.

Information Symbol on Wooden Floor Against Wall

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Georgios Mappouras
Date
August 20, 2026

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Information Theory

Tagged
Charalambos Rossides, Chinese Room thought experiment, Finctional information, functional information, John Searle (1932-2025), Origin of information, Origin of life, Origin of meaning, Randomness (and information), Sam Altman}

One Question to Rule Them All: The Origin of Functional Information

_{Information is not meaningful simply because it exists or because it is improbable. It becomes meaningful only if there exists a system that can interpret it and use it to perform a function} _{Georgios Mappouras
August 20, 2026

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Information Theory}

A computer system can be generally intelligent (AGI) only if it can generate genuinely new functional information, not merely transfer it.