The Coevolution of Humans and Machines

Author(s): Edward A. Lee

Citation
Edward A. Lee. "The Coevolution of Humans and Machines". SIGBED Blog, April 2 2020.

Abstract
We are less in control of the trajectory of technology development than we realize. The tools we use, themselves earlier outcomes of engineering efforts, shape our thinking more than we think. Technology is coevolving with humanity, and natural selection plays as least as big a role as top-down intelligent design. Perhaps accepting this reality can lead to more effective policies.

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  Edward A. Lee.
  "<a href="https://www.icyphy.org/publications/2020_LeeBlog/">The Coevolution of Humans and Machines</a>".
  <i>SIGBED Blog</i>, April 2 2020.
                  
                  

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  Edward A. Lee.
  "The Coevolution of Humans and Machines".
  SIGBED Blog, April 2 2020.
                  
                  

• BibTeX
  

                      
  @inproceedings{Lee:20:CoevolutionBlog,
  	author = {Edward A. Lee},
  	title = {The Coevolution of Humans and Machines},
  	booktitle = {SIGBED Blog},
  	month = {April 2},
  	year = {2020},
  	abstract = {We are less in control of the trajectory of technology development than we realize. The tools we use, themselves earlier outcomes of engineering efforts, shape our thinking more than we think. Technology is coevolving with humanity, and natural selection plays as least as big a role as top-down intelligent design. Perhaps accepting this reality can lead to more effective policies.},
  	URL = {https://www.icyphy.org/publications/2020_LeeBlog/}
  }