Read here an excerpt from Edge.org newsletter 321, from the article DREAM-LOGIC, THE INTERNET AND ARTIFICIAL THOUGHT by David Gelernter, professor of computer science at Yale and chief scientist at Mirror Worlds Technologies:
"It's also reasonable to expect computers to help clean up the mess they have made. They dump huge quantities of information into the cybersphere every day. Can they also help us evaluate this information intelligently? Or are they mere uncapped oil wells pumping out cyber-pollution — which is today just a distraction but might slowly, gradually paralyze us, as our choices and information channels proliferate out of control?"
Note the reference to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: "Or are they mere uncapped oil wells pumping out cyber-pollution ... ?".
Also, the word cyber is associated with the negative word polution. This was remarked by an author I read of some time ago, but it's true. Words like cyber-crime, cyber-terrorism are often found in newsarticles on internet-related crime. Therefore I think it's wise not to talk about cybernetics anymore to people who are not in the know. Unfortunately.
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