> David Noble’s detailed examination of the origins of numerically controlled machine tools in the mid-20th century. ... to implement this initial step toward industrial automation, manufacturers had to overlook widespread inefficiencies and a loss of much of the knowledge... The perceived overarching benefit, however, was to disempower shop floor labor and concentrate knowledge and control in... managers.
- https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/on-technologys-past-and-future/
#progress #tech #BrianTokar #DavidNoble

AI is Progress,
Progess is A LIe.

See #DavidNoble #ProgressWithoutPeople

There is always someone making decisions and choices somewhere, the magic words like progress, 'invisible hand' ( #EKHunt is more accurate with 'inivisibl foot', See #MichaelAlbert and #RobinHahnel's #QuietRevolutioninWelfareEconomics ), 'free markets' just hide the responsibility.