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| Black Box: the term of a black box refers to a system or device whose internal workings are not visible or understood by users. It is treated as a single entity with inputs and outputs, without knowledge of its internal processes._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Vilém Flusser on Black Box - Dictionary of Arguments
I 337 Black Box/Flusser: the question is not what happens between input and output, but: "How does input relate to output?" There are two different situations between input and output: a) Output Consequence of a single code programmed in memory, "move within a game". It is the consequence of a decision within a competence. And it is better performed by machines. b) Output consists of elements of different competences, translation between different games, humans being involved in a meta game of the games programming it. >Competence, >Capabilities. Decision between competences. This is better done by humans because they function worse than cybernetic memories. >Memory, >Machine Learning, >Learning, cf. >Artificial Intelligence, >Artificial General Intelligence, >AI Research, cf. >Chess. There is a confusion with this decision type that is called "doubt" and is closely related to the term "freedom". >Doubt, >Freedom, >Possibility, >Decision theory._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Fl I V. Flusser Kommunikologie Mannheim 1996 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27