Carter

other · 2 mentions across 2 readings

In this course

Without a clear Wikipedia record and given the fragmentary excerpts, Carter appears primarily as a passing reference in discussions of early AI skepticism and automated systems. The first excerpt positions Carter (or someone citing Carter) alongside B. V. Bowden's 1962 argument against machine intelligence, suggesting involvement in mid-century debates about artificial minds and their feasibility. The second excerpt's reference to nanobots and automated virtual ecosystems suggests Carter's work may engage speculative futures where optimization and manufacturing become fully machinic processes, relevant to the course's concern with cybernetics and systems thinking.

Mentioned in 2 readings

I.J. Good

Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine

B. V. Bowden stated on British television (August 1962) that there is no point in building a machine with the intelligence of a man, since it is easier to construct human brains by the usual method. A similar point was made by a speaker dur…

Zero HP Lovecraft

The Gig Economy

From the outside, it looks like a desert. Planetary dust storms of nanobots whip across the surface, performing maintenance and manufacturing components to be consumed in a limitless expanse of virtual ecosystems, endlessly optimizing GDP, …

Appears alongside

People mentioned in the same passages — sorted by co-occurrence weight.

B. V. Bowden 1 John Maynard Keynes 1 Armstrong 1