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So basically just the concept of feedback in a cybernetic system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics

• bob1029 2y ago
  > The field is named after an example of circular causal feedback—that of steering a ship (the ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs)... Now that name makes a lot more sense to me.
  • openrisk 2y ago
    Which is also the root of the word 'government', so a government agent is doubly cybernetic in a sense
• 8338550bff96 2y ago
  Then is "agents" just non-spooky coded language for "cyborgs"
  • throw5959 2y ago
    I studied cybernetics. Our teachers called us "cybernets".