Ultimately, between 1946 and 1953, ten conferences were held under the banner of cybernetics.

最终，在 1946 年到 1953 年间，在控制论的旗帜下召开了十次会议。

Here's a contemporaneous article about the guy who invented cybernetics, Norbert Wiener, who said thinking machines were putting us on the eve of destruction.

这是一篇同时代的章，述的是发明控制论的人诺伯特·维纳，他说会思考的机器会让我们危在旦夕。

And we're theorizing it into existence, paying attention to the complexities of cybernetic systems. We're working to build something new and something useful.

我们正在将其理论化，关注控制论系统的复杂性。 我们正在努力构建一些新的和有用的东西。

A popular answer is 21 days — a figure that can be traced back to Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a cosmetic surgeon and author of " Psycho-Cybernetics" .

一个流行的答案是21天——这个数字可以追溯到整形外科医生、《精神控制论》一书的作者麦克斯威尔·马尔茨博士。

And Norbert Wiener, father of cybernetics, sought to combine the human and the machine into a system—initially, but not only, an anti-aircraft system—that was defined by the way in which it controlled itself.

控制论的创立者诺伯特·维纳力图将人类和机器结合在一个系统中，即防空系统，这是最初的形式，但并非单一形式，该系统的性质是自控。

Okay, now back to the video - Well, without cybernetic implants in your noggin, a perfect memory might be out of reach, but there are conditions that greatly increase a person's memory.

好的，现在回到 - 好吧，如果没有在你的头上植入控制论，完美的记忆可能是遥不可及的，但有一些条件可以大大增加一个人的记忆力。