The I Ching, Leibniz and AI: how old China-West links shaped modern science (opens original article in a new tab)

The article explores how Leibniz's development of the binary system was influenced by the I Ching, an ancient Chinese text, highlighting historical intellectual exchanges between China and the West that shaped modern computing and AI.

• Leibniz's binary system influenced by I Ching's hexagrams
• Jesuit missionary Bouvet linked binary system to ancient Chinese text
• Leibniz's work on binary code referenced Fu Xi's ancient Chinese system