Ok, we've put some typewriters up above to ward off this case of the dreaded title fever.

It's an interesting site, so hopefully we can discuss it in its own right, rather than alternative associations to this quote.

That’s a good call. Thanks for editing the title Dan!

Also, the Adam Curtis documentary series, "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace":

https://vimeo.com/groups/96331/videos/80799353

I believe the origin of the term is from https://allpoetry.com/All-Watched-Over-By-Machines-Of-Loving...

Yes, Richard Brautigan's most well-known poem. Brautigan was a poet to the hippie generation. His book "Trout Fishing in America" was everywhere in the late 60's. It's interesting to re-read "All watched over by machines of loving grace" and see how Brautigan anticipated AI, possibly influenced by McLuhan. I don't think Brautigan was thinking of typewriters when he wrote this line.

You are probably right.

But on the other hand, olivetti brought out the first personal computer in the mid 60's. And of course olivetti did research into a.i. So it is not too far to see the (if imagined) link.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivetti

Could be. Thanks for the reference.

Me too...

<sings>You can't place faith in material things, material things will fail you. A hurricane triggered by a butterfly's wings, your conspirators betray you..

I was disappointed it wasn't the band also.