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Re:A Software Engineer’s Guide to Cybernetics on Sunday September 13, 2020 @11:45PM (#24466560)
> Cybernetics is really an old word, or one of the old words, for AI/robotics.

Completely wrong.

AI/robotics are but two of the many fields that cybernetic principles apply to, and arguably not even the most important.

I suggest you look at what people like Bateson, Von Foerster and Glanville were doing, to understand first the scope and ultimately what cybernetics really is at its core.