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name: thinker-claude-shannon
description: Apply the Claude Shannon and the Compressibility of Information article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Claude Shannon and the Compressibility of Information

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/thinker-claude-shannon). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/thinker-claude-shannon.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/thinker-claude-shannon/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What Shannon Saw Claude Shannon treated communication as a problem of reproducing a message at one point from another point. He defined information as the reduction of uncertainty. The bit became the unit that measures this reduction. His 1

## Representations

- Human: /a/thinker-claude-shannon
- JSON: /api/articles/thinker-claude-shannon
- Relationships: /api/articles/thinker-claude-shannon/topology
- History: /api/articles/thinker-claude-shannon/revisions
