Human use of Human Beings

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"The Human Use of Human Beings" was published by Norbert Wiener in 1950 and was revised later to exclude some controversial material. That original book is available online at this link.

Context

"It is the thesis of this book that society can only be understood through a study of the messages and the communication facilities which belong to it; and that in the future development of these messages and communication facilities; messages between man and machines, between machine and man, and between machine and machine, are destined to play an ever-increasing part."

While recent proposals to asymmetrically slow AI advances seems hopelessly naive from a game theory perspective, there does seem to be some value in considering long-term ramifications, safeguards, and Vulnerabilities. Norbert Wiener's combined enthusiasm and caution towards the AI that would be born from Cybernetics half a decade later is insightful and notable.