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I think this could be said for many technologies: the cashier scans barcodes, the cook at McDonalds flips burgers when the alarm goes off, the anesthesiologist
by davito88 9y ago
I think this could be said for many technologies: the cashier scans barcodes, the cook at McDonalds flips burgers when the alarm goes off, the anesthesiologist or pilot watches gauges...
- timthelion 9y agoAnd Uber tells the drivers where to go.
- ronilan 9y agoNear my house, 4 red octagons with a simple white drawing command humans to stop and cooperate.
- timthelion 9y agoI don't understand what you mean.
- linkregister 9y agoStop sign. I don’t think it’s a good analogy.
- the-dude 9y agoIn South Africa, these are literally called robots. edit: was too fast, sorry. Traffic lights are called robots in SA.
- eric_h 9y agoSpecifically a four way stop, and I'm not sure I agree that it isn't a good analogy. It's an autonomous system (traffic laws) commanding human behavior.
- timthelion 9y agoActually, I think that anarchists would tell you it is a great analogy. They would claim that we are being controlled by a system of laws, a system which is like a computer program written by novice programmers who do not know how to debug, and who paid no attention to the finer details. That not only is the legal system like a robot which controls us, but it is like a stupid, primitive, and brutal robot which controls us.
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