man and machine
Steven Johnson’s facinating encounter with the machines:
Now, strictly speaking, who is responsible for that initial idea? Was it me or the software? It sounds like a facetious question, but I mean it seriously. Obviously, the computer wasn’t conscious of the idea taking shape, and I supplied the conceptual glue that linked the London sewers to cell metabolism. But I’m not at all confident I would have made the initial connection without the help of the software. The idea was a true collaboration, two very different kinds of intelligence playing off each other, one carbon-based, the other silicon.
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Just stopped by to visit and got the crunch on your stuff in here - bravo!
Comment by Anonymous — July 12, 2005 @ 1:09 pm