"...the more we automate, and the more sophisticated we make that automation, the more we become dependent on a highly skilled human operator."-Adrian Colyer, "Ironies of automation." the morning paper. January 8, 2020. A robot surgeon might be a great idea, but it's going to handle the routine, the easy surgeries. What's left is what's … Continue reading Ironies of Automation
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Comforting Illusions
"William Sloane Coffin tells the story of a scientist from Harvard flying on an experimental mission in a private plane over the lake country of northern Alabama, measuring with elaborate instruments the fish populations of various lakes. Sighting two fisherman out at some remote lake he had just surveyed, the scientist figured that as a … Continue reading Comforting Illusions
