Changes: Automation

Latest revision as of 12:34, 30 December 2019

Automation, refers to the idea that computers automate or mimic human thought. The term originates from Lev Manovich's 2001 book The Language of New Media. Automation is a consequence of Numerical representation and Modularity which render media able to be "programmed" and thus able to manipulated mathematically.

Early examples[]

Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine[]

Alan Turing's Universal Turing Machine[]

Turing claimed "...the machine could perform any calculation which can be done by a human."

Vanner Bush's Memex Machine[]

Low vs High level automation[]

Manovich highlights two types of automation, low-level and high-level. Where low-level automation results in automated shortcuts to repetivie computer behavior, high-level automation results in "...meaning embedded in the objects being generated."

Examples of low-level automation[]

-auto-complete typing features

-batch edits in photoshop

-automatic browser updates

-Google alerts

Examples of high-level automation[]

-Artificial Intelligence (AI) engines and neural networks that simulate human intelligence and adaptive behavior in games

-The idea of a Semantic Web, defined by the development of an Internet network of machine readable communication structures enabling computers to find, locate and process information without the user's direct involvement

External Links[]

The Semantic Web category from the What's New Media blog
Ray Kurzweil: How technology's accelerating power will transform us from the TED Talks series

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-'''Automation''', refers to the idea that computers automate or mimic human thought.  The term originates from [[Lev Manovich]]'s 2001 book [[The Language of New Media]]. Automation is a consequence of [[Numerical representation]] and [[Modularity]] which render media able to be "programmed" and thus able to manipulated mathematically.
+'''Automation''', refers to the idea that computers automate or mimic human thought.  The term originates from [[Lev Manovich]]'s 2001 book [[The Language of New Media]]. Automation is a consequence of [[Numerical Representation|Numerical representation]] and [[Modularity]] which render media able to be "programmed" and thus able to manipulated mathematically.
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-Manovich highlights two types of automation, low-level and high-level.  Where low-level automation results in automated shortcuts to repetivie computer behavior, high-level automation results in "...meaning embedded in the objects being generated."
+==Low vs High level automation==
+Manovich highlights two types of automation, low-level and high-level.  Where low-level automation results in automated shortcuts to repetivie computer behavior, high-level automation results in "...meaning embedded in the objects being generated."
-==Examples of low-level automation==
-:auto-complete typing features
-:batch edits in photoshop
-:automatic browser updates
-:Google alerts
-==Examples of high-level automation==
+===Examples of low-level automation===
+:-auto-complete typing features
-:[[Artificial Intelligence]] (AI) engines and neural networks that simulate human intelligence and adaptive behavior in games
+:-batch edits in photoshop
-:The idea of a [[Semantic Web]], defined by the development of an [[Internet]] network of machine readable communication structures enabling computers to find, locate and process information without the user's direct involvement
+:-automatic browser updates
+:-Google alerts
+===Examples of high-level automation===
+:-[[Artificial Intelligence]] (AI) engines and neural networks that simulate human intelligence and adaptive behavior in games
+:-The idea of a [[Semantic Web]], defined by the development of an [[Internet]] network of machine readable communication structures enabling computers to find, locate and process information without the user's direct involvement
 ==External Links==