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#NerdPing: which of you weirdos are in to #cybernetics (in the sense of the field of study).
I've been reading Jon Walker's VSM guide and listening to General Intellect Unit and I keep finding valuable things.

Optimizing Mesh to Improve the Triangular Expansion Algorithm for Computing Visibility Regions
Jan Mikula (Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague), Miroslav Kulich (Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague)

Optimizing Mesh to Improve the Triangular Expansion Algorithm for Computing Visibility Regions
This paper addresses the problem of improving the query performance of the triangular expansion algorithm (TEA) for computing visibility regions by finding the most advantageous instance of the triangular mesh, the preprocessing structure. The TEA recursively traverses the mesh while keeping track of the visible region, the set of all points visible from a query point in a polygonal world. We show that the measured query time is approximately proportional to the number of triangle edge expansio…

Making Effective Decisions: Machine Learning and the Ecogame in 1970
Catherine Mason
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07027 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.07027

Making Effective Decisions: Machine Learning and the Ecogame in 1970
This paper considers Ecogame, an innovative art project of 1970, whose creators believed in a positive vision of a technological future; an understanding, posited on cybernetics, of a future that could be participatory via digital means, and therefore more democratised. Using simulation and early machine learning techniques over a live network, Ecogame combined the power of visual art with cybernetic concepts of adaptation, feedback, and control to propose that behaviour had implications for th…

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Digital-physical testbed for ship autonomy studies in the Marine Cybernetics Laboratory basin
The algorithms developed for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) are often challenging to test on actual vessels due to high operational costs and safety considerations. Simulations offer a cost-effective alternative and eliminate risks, but they may not accurately represent real-world dynamics for the given tasks. Utilizing small-scale model ships and robotic vessels in conjunction with a laboratory basin provides an accessible testing environment for the early stages of validation proces…

A "Good" Regulator May Provide a World Model for Intelligent Systems
Bradly Alicea, Morgan Hough, Amanda Nelson, Jesse Parent
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23032

A "Good" Regulator May Provide a World Model for Intelligent Systems
One classic idea from the cybernetics literature is the Every Good Regulator Theorem (EGRT). The EGRT provides a means to identify good regulation, or the conditions under which an agent (regulator) can match the dynamical behavior of a system. We reevaluate and recast the EGRT in a modern context to provide insight into how intelligent autonomous learning systems might utilize a compressed global representation (world model). One-to-one mappings between a regulator (R) and the corresponding sy…

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Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Symbiosis of Agents is a large-scale installation by Baoyang Chen that embeds AI-driven robots in an immersive, mirror-lined arena, probing the tension between machine agency and artistic authorship. Drawing on early cybernetics, rule-based conceptual art, and seminal robotic works, it orchestrates fluid exchanges among robotic arms, quadruped machines, their environment, and the public. A three tier faith system pilots the ecology: micro-level adaptive tactics, meso-level narrative drives, and…

Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Baoyang Chen, Xian Xu, Huamin Qu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02606 https://

Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Symbiosis of Agents is a large-scale installation by Baoyang Chen that embeds AI-driven robots in an immersive, mirror-lined arena, probing the tension between machine agency and artistic authorship. Drawing on early cybernetics, rule-based conceptual art, and seminal robotic works, it orchestrates fluid exchanges among robotic arms, quadruped machines, their environment, and the public. A three tier faith system pilots the ecology: micro-level adaptive tactics, meso-level narrative drives, and…