In “Cybernetics”, Nancy Katherine Hayles pushes further the concept of ubiquitous technology brought up by Mark Weiser. Hayles talks especially about what she calls the “third order” cybernetics, that implies both the observer and the system in a framework within which animals, humans, and machines can all be located. No matter what, the idea of “singularity” will take place as part of the human evolution. We want a more futuristic world, and therefore, this is the best way to achieve it. Maybe this could bring the human species to extinction? One obvious point that Hayles and us approves is the fact that the history of human will probably be lost throughout this transition towards the computational world. We don’t think that the creation of a framework merging animals, humans and computers can be done, because however this would be achieved, “singularity” would be the major cause of it, thus probably leading to the extinction of the humans and leaving only the animals and computers into the framework.
In “Cybernetics and Society”, Norbert Wiener defines “cybernetics” has being the science of communication throughout the animals and the machines. He thinks that our systems of communication can somehow be computed using entropy. Wiener uses the system of probability seen with Warren Weaver. His theory of using entropy for machines to operate the information from their environment is quite explanatory and relevant considering his definition of a message: a form of pattern and organization. However, even if a machine can see, feel and interact with its surrounding, the question of sensibility and emotions would still be something to work with, because receiving the tone of the message can be easy, be refracting a responsive tone can be harder.
Dana Ryashy, Sol Paul, Xavier Champoux, Rose-Marie Dion
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