Error Correction in Context  

Oleh:

Ohlsson, Stellan

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Deep Learning How the Mind Overrides Experience, page 255-288.
Topik: Scaling Across Time And Complexity; Error Reduction; Big Errors And The Fates Of Societies
Fulltext: Error Correction in Context.pdf (478.04KB)

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Th e actions of hunter-gatherers have limited causal reach. A shot that misses its target might mean sudden death for the hunter or warrior whose shot it was, but the consequences of that particular error for the tribe or troop are likely to be absorbed into the fl ow of events and make only a small diff erence to the outcome of the hunt or the battle. With the advent of large-scale social and technical systems like airlines, container shipping, global fi nancial markets, irrigation agriculture, power grids and research hospitals humans came to know man-made disasters. A single erroneous action can be the starting point for a butterfl y eff ect that propagates upward through the levels of the relevant system until it makes the diff erence between cure and death, between ubiquitous electricity and power blackout, between wealth and bankruptcy or between victory and defeat; in general, between normality and disaster. Th e unacceptable consequences of disasters make it imperative to understand the dynamics of error correction in individuals, social systems and entire societies.

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