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I think it was in the book Dream Machine, mentioned elsewhere in the thread, where it described that there were largely two different philosophies of the relati
by lioeters 3y ago
I think it was in the book Dream Machine, mentioned elsewhere in the thread, where it described that there were largely two different philosophies of the relationship between the human and the machine/computer. One was "augmenting the human intellect", where technology serves to extend human abilities. The other was - if I recall correctly - cybernetics, where the human serves as part of a larger mechanical system. I might be remembering it wrong though.
- nairboon 3y agoI think Cybernetics was more like the primordial AI. But it was also expanded to study even larger systems like a collection of interacting agents like humans.
- ReactiveJelly 3y ago"If the user does not fully control the software, then the software controls the user."
- bmitc 3y agoI need to finish reading that book. But there's also Weiner's The Human Use of Human Beings which I think tries to address the human side of cybernetics.