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IIRC, Russel's thesis was something to the effect of ultimate supremecy of man over machine. I associate "Sept 1952" as the issue. The last frame suggested a certain obviousness and nonchalance in the man unplugging the computer, as if no great debate would be involved. I wonder if the article itself might now evidence too much of innocence back in that day, aside from a prediction that computers would eventually beat humans at chess. Too much innocence regarding technological imperitives and the technosphere?


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