American mathematician and philosopher (1894–1964), founder of cybernetics — the study of regulatory systems, feedback loops, and communication in animals and machines. Wiener's work at MIT bridged mathematics, engineering, biology, and social theory.
Founded cybernetics, introducing concepts of feedback, homeostasis, and information control that became foundational to computer science, systems theory, AI, cognitive science, and communication theory.
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