The prediction, in brief:

For the foreseeable future, emergent machine intelligence will exist in only the most limited form. But even now, it is providing a rich store of images and metaphors for the broader culture … The language of neurons, holism, connections, associations, agents, and actors makes it easier for people to consider themselves as that kind of machine.

Predictor: Turkle, Sherry

Prediction, in context:

In her 1995 book “Life on the Screen,” Sherry Turkle – an accomplished social psychologist, sociologist and anthropologist from MIT whose studies centered around people and computers for decades – writes:”For the foreseeable future, emergent machine intelligence will exist in only the most limited form. But even now, it is providing a rich store of images and metaphors for the broader culture. The language of emergence mediates between technical AI [Artificial Intelligence] culture and the general psychological culture in a way that the language of information processing did not. The language of neurons, holism, connections, associations, agents, and actors makes it easier for people to consider themselves as that kind of machine.”

Biography:

Sherry Turkle was the author of “Life on the Screen: Computers and the Human Spirit.” and a professor of the psychology of science at MIT. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Community/Culture

Subtopic: Human-Machine Interaction

Name of publication: Life on the Screen (book)

Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter 5: The Quality of Emergence

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 146

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney