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processing power. A modern,
programmed
machine on the other hand, can store tremendously more data than a human, and can consistently and rapidly process information without getting tired or lazy. For instance, let's assume we have
programmed
a
computer
with the data set consisting of the car in question. A
computer
has been
programmed
to know every component, every screw and every electronic pathway, etc., of that vehicle. It has also been
programmed
with the application of physics so it can relate to the actual cause and effect functionality and operation of the machine, not just its parts. When the car is taken in for repair, the mechanic recognizes the physical properties as best he can, and then he goes over to this
computer
, selects the model of the car and inputs a description of the problem. He might input, "left headlight not working". The
computer
would then immediately present a list of all relevant issues related to the headlight, and then present a series of framed questions to the mechanic that most logically attempt to locate the cause. The
computer
might say: "Check the connection of cable 15b", and then show a diagram of where that component is located in the car. If the mechanic finds that isn't the problem, he inputs that
new
information into the
computer
and the
computer
goes to the next logical possibility. The
computer
is really making the decisions... the mechanic is just orienting its focus. The bottom line here is that there really is no area of human operation that cannot be highly perfected by delegating decision-making processes to
computer
intelligence. In fact, the only thing that now separates us from machines on a cognitive, utilitarian level is our ability to create complex associations in our mind. No
computer
today has yet to respond effectively to being "asked a complex question" in the English language. It requires that the language be transformed into one that it is
programmed
to understand, such as mathematics. However,
new
fields, such as `Artificial Intelligence', (AI) are beginning to grow with incredible possibilities for this kind of "awareness". In time,
computer
s will be able to achieve complex thought processes that were formerly only attributed to humans. There is no evidence to support the contrary.
In the next section we will describe how this
new
human option to delegate our labor and decision making to a highly efficient
computer
ized system is what will constitute the replacement of the institution of traditional "Government".
Government:
"[The] tremendous and still accelerating development of science and technology has not been accompanied by an equal development in social, economic, and political patterns...We are now...only beginning to explore the potentialities which it offers for developments in our culture outside technology, particularly in the social, political and economic fields. It is safe to predict that...such social inventions as modern-type Capitalism, Fascism, and Communism will be regarded as primitive experiments directed toward the adjustment of modern society to modern methods"59 Dr. Ralph Linton
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Linton, Ralph, The Tree of Culture (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959, pp 47-8) 56
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