IP: More on Computers to pass on tricks of trade

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:17:06 -0500
From: Jamie McCarthy <jamie () mccarthy org>
To: "farber () cis upenn edu" <farber () cis upenn edu>

farber () cis upenn edu (Dave Farber) writes:

> According to the plan, computers will be used to analyze minute
> movements of the eyes, limbs and muscles of welders, turners and
> other skilled workers. The recorded data would then be analyzed and
> digitally and graphically processed so that young trainee workers
> could learn the techniques of skilled masters of their chosen trade.

This is, in a nutshell, the plot to Kurt Vonnegut's first novel
_Player Piano_ -- except that, in the novel, the recorded data is
given to robots instead of "young trainee workers."  Societal chaos
ensues.

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        Jamie McCarthy
        jamie () mccarthy org
 http://jamie.mccarthy.org/