100 years of whatever this will be

Re:100 years of whatever this will be by munificent on Thursday December 02, 2021 @04:49PM (#29423170)

Computing doesn't automate thought. It only automates processing data. In order to process anything, data has to be deliberately loaded from the real world into a computer. And in order for that processing to accomplish anything, a human has to take the results and take action on them.

If you think most social problems stem from people simply not knowing the right thing to do, then, sure, crunching some numbers might help. But my belief is that most social problems come from understanding the people around us, and having the right social structures and psychology to do the right thing. Computers will help with neither of those.

It's like having a nonfunctioning trackpad or display. No amount of software is going to fix that.

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Re:100 years of whatever this will be by posix86 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @03:51AM (#29482498)

Processing data IS what thinking is. This literally what Turing intended to do: Find a way to automate thinking.

And a lot of what governmental positions today are doing is processing files, basically mapping files to files. A lot of corruption stems from the fact that this mapping can be done outside of the law with nobody noticing. This can be fixed.

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