Re:Computers are an oppressive technology
by ethbr0 on Sunday June 12, 2022 @07:46AM
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> So the question then becomes, who controls them and how sophisticated they (the computers) become...
There's also unexplored (by article) concept of inadvertent or emergent control.
E.g. Dept A encodes Rule 1 and Dept B independently encodes Rule 2, yet applied together Rule 1 and 2 produce an unexpected outcome. In which case, neither Dept A or Dept B (the ostensible controllers) could be said to actually control the outcome.
There's also unexplored (by article) concept of inadvertent or emergent control.
E.g. Dept A encodes Rule 1 and Dept B independently encodes Rule 2, yet applied together Rule 1 and 2 produce an unexpected outcome. In which case, neither Dept A or Dept B (the ostensible controllers) could be said to actually control the outcome.