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- From: bergland@edb.uib.no (Magne Bergland)
- Subject: Re: should computers be the sole decision makers
- Message-ID: <bergland.14.721900596@edb.uib.no>
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- Sender: usenet@alf.uib.no (Bergen University Newsaccount)
- Organization: University of Bergen
- References: <92320.144804FR5641A@auvm.american.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 07:56:36 GMT
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- In article <92320.144804FR5641A@auvm.american.edu> Fadi A. Rabie <FR5641A@auvm.american.edu> writes:
-
- >Organizations are depending on computer information to aid them in their
- > decisions. should these computers be the one who make the decision
- > instead of humans?
-
- The question is wrong! Computers _can't_ be sole decision makers. If
- a program "makes a decision" then really the person who designs the program
- makes the decision. Thus letting the computer "make the decision" really
- means relegating the power of decision to system designers.
-
- I warmly recommend the book "Understanding Computers and Cognition" by
- Terry Winograd and Fernando Flores to anybody interested in this problem
- matter.
-
- - Magne
-
- Magne Bergland Bergland@edb.uib.no
- Computing Centre, University of Bergen TEL: +47 5 54 42 15
- Edb-senteret, HiB, 5020 Bergen, Norway FAX: +47 5 54 42 99
-