cybernation
Computer-controlled production systems
Cybernation refers to the control of industrial or economic processes by computers and automated systems rather than human workers.
The term gained currency in the 1960s amid concerns about technological unemployment as factories adopted increasingly sophisticated automation.
While less common today than automation or computerization, cybernation specifically emphasizes the replacement of human decision-making with machine intelligence in managing complex systems.
Automaton design field
- computerizationAdopting digital systems
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- digitalizationConverting to electronic format
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
machine learning · algorithm · software · batch processing · workflow · scripting · programming · systematic
Governance by technical experts
- post-industrialAfter manufacturing's dominance
- digital divideUnequal access to computers/internet
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- smart citiesTechnology-optimized urban environments
e-government · social engineering · digital citizenship · information society
Being without paid work
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- reskillingLearning new work capabilities
- job automationTechnology replacing human labor
- redundancyNeedless duplication
basic income · deskilling · retraining · economic disruption · productivity gains · labor markets
Output relative to input
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- cost reductionDecreasing expenditure amounts
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
precision · scalability · reliability · speed · capacity · resource management · performance metrics · consistency
Point where values explode
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
utopia · sci-fi · machine age · artificial general intelligence · posthuman
Processes where outputs affect inputs
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- servomechanismFeedback-controlled automatic mechanism
- sensorsDevices that detect input
actuators · closed-loop · real-time monitoring · signal processing · remote operation · self-regulation
robotics
Automaton design field
- computerizationAdopting digital systems
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- digitalizationConverting to electronic format
artificial intelligence · machine learning · algorithm · software · batch processing · workflow · scripting · programming · systematic · neural networks
technocracy
Governance by technical experts
- post-industrialAfter manufacturing's dominance
- digital divideUnequal access to computers/internet
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
smart cities · e-government · social engineering · digital citizenship · information society
unemployment
Being without paid work
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- reskillingLearning new work capabilities
- job automationTechnology replacing human labor
redundancy · basic income · deskilling · retraining · economic disruption · productivity gains · labor markets
productivity
Output relative to input
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- cost reductionDecreasing expenditure amounts
streamlining · precision · scalability · reliability · speed · capacity · resource management · performance metrics · consistency · waste reduction
singularity
Point where values explode
- transhumanismTech-augmented evolution philosophy
- cyberpunkDystopian tech-noir fiction
- post-scarcityEconomy without resource limits
dystopia · utopia · sci-fi · machine age · artificial general intelligence · posthuman
feedback systems
Processes where outputs affect inputs
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- servomechanismFeedback-controlled automatic mechanism
sensors · actuators · closed-loop · real-time monitoring · signal processing · remote operation · self-regulation
cybernationmanual labor
Work done bodily
handwork · handicraft · hand labor · manual work · craftsmanship
cybernationLuddism
Opposition to new technology
primitivism · traditional crafts · traditional methods · subsistence farming · low-tech