#mechanisation of intellectual tasks:

• slide rule—relieved the burden upon the intellectual by replacing the tedious, error-prone pen-and-paper manipulation of numbers and logarithm tables with a slide-and-cursor mechanism
• calculator—relieved the burden upon the intellectual by replacing the tedious, error-prone manual manipulation of the slide and the cursor of the slide rule with the fully automatic calculator
• computer—relieved the burden upon the human computer by replacing the slide rule and the calculator with the fully automatic digital computer
• web search engine—relieved the burden upon the intellectual by replacing the tedious, error-prone manual library search of print journals and books with the fully automatic web search engine
• automated theorem provers—relieved the burden upon the mathematician by replacing the tedious, error-prone manual re-proofs of previously proven low-level steps with the fully automatic proof checker
• #AI code generator—relieved the programmer of his brain, by replacing once-intellectual tasks with thoughtless, menial button pushes

‘The art of logic therefore being (as we have mentioned), too late a precaution,[1] and in no way remedying[7] the matter, has tended more to confirm errors, than to disclose truth. Our only remaining hope and salvation is to begin the whole labor of the mind again; not leaving it to itself, but directing it perpetually from the very first, and attaining our end as it were by mechanical aid.’ Lord Bacon’s MCMII, Novum Organon #Art #Logic #Philosophy #Mechanisation #Experimentation #Alienation #Ai #ApocalypseEmpires #AbnormalEthics #ForItsOwnSake !

To the autonomous control of information, Artificial Information and the colonial destruction of Worlds? https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45988/45988-h/45988-h.htm

Sonalika Tractors has completed 30 years of operations in India and commemorated the milestone with the launch of its new Sonalika #GOLD_Series, introducing two models—GOLD DI 745 III and GOLD DI 55 III.

Designed to meet present and future farm #mechanisation needs, the new range reflects Sonalika’s long-term approach to supporting diverse soil types and cropping patterns across the country.

We've been quiet here, but behind-the-scenes we've been working on @LivingWithMachines data from Zooniverse. The 'language of mechanisation' datasets are now available!

Language of Mechanisation: annotated historical newspaper articles https://doi.org/10.23636/5t9m-0g59

OCR and crowdsourced annotations, Language of Mechanisation, JSON files https://doi.org/10.23636/z634-km37

#newspapers #crowdsourcing #mechanisation #language

Edit: the DOIs work now!