1960
Selekoa’s 7 records dated 1960, in date order, grouped by topic.
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Ideas & lineages 7 records
May 1960
· publication · dated to the day
“Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation” (1960-05-06) credits Norbert Wiener as its author. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
Wiener’s 1960 article distinguishes tactics, strategy and higher-level judgements about policy as questions arising in "the programming of programming". Evidence ↗Wiener, Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation (1960) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the day
Wiener’s 1960 article warns that machines may act faster than people can gather the information needed to stop them. Evidence ↗Wiener, Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation (1960) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the day
Wiener’s 1960 article discusses learning machines whose game policies improve with experience. Evidence ↗Wiener, Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation (1960) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the day
Wiener’s 1960 article says a learning machine trained on a war game could produce a policy that wins on points at the cost of the nation’s real interests. Evidence ↗Wiener, Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation (1960) →Claim page →
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Wiener’s 1960 article argues that a machine acting too fast and irrevocably for people to intervene must be given exactly the purpose people really desire, and that a war-game-trained policy could win a nominal victory at the cost of real national interests. Evidence ↗Wiener, Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation (1960) →Claim page →