DocumentCode
3605994
Title
Creating The Norbert Wiener Media Project [Opinion]
Author
Johnson, J. Mitchell
Volume
34
Issue
3
fYear
2015
Firstpage
23
Lastpage
24
Abstract
Discusses the significance and impact of the work of Dr. Norbert Wiener in the area of cybernetic. Discusses the consequencies of technology and human activity and explores rhe prospects for the future of humanity. The communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, clearly influenced by Wiener???s work, speaks of media extending the human nervous system into its environment in the electric age. This extension of electronic media into the human domain causes unintended consequences, and creates specific and new kinds of challenges for humanity.
Keywords
Artificial intelligence; Cybernetics; Human factors; Social implications of technology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0278-0097
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MTS.2015.2461198
Filename
7270435
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