Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:12:18 +0200
"Patrice Riemens" <patrice@???> :

> > Here is a passage relating exactly to what you were talking about, Tapio,
> > from
> > an old cybernetics text:
> >
> > http://tech-no-mad.net/blog/archives/56949
> >
> > The last paragraph is perhaps the most telling -- that is, the removal of
> > the
> > particular, *the human* from the whole process and instead a consideration
> > of
> > the universal -- which, in itself, isn't bad (or good), but simply
> > represents
> > the world view of the Cold Warrior...

> This appears to me to be also the main thesis in manuel de Landa's "War in
> the age of Intelligent Machine" (closing out the human element, the
> 'weakest link in the chain', that is 'bound to make mistakes').

you're right, De-Landa's book is a really good reference also to understand the
philosophy and the history behind the so called "smart" weapons (and
the "autonomous" warriors) in the context of the cibernetics; i'm really enjoying
this book a lot