Tuesday, September 23, 2008

.04 Men, Machines, and the World About - Norbert Wiener, 1954

-Wiener wanted to devise a science that dealt with the consequences of scientific work, cybernetic science -- this came after the war.  He was a strong proponent of social justice
-Wiener introduced the use of the prefix "cyber" into common use, not only highly technical
-Cybernetics studies "communication and control in the animal and the machine"
-While at war, the question came up as to how to make a machine simulate a gun pointer, and what the potential outcomes of this occurring may be.
-Negative feedback
-Machine can learn

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