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What can humans do? What can machines do? How do humans delegate actions to machines? In this book, Harry Collins and Martin Kusch combine insights from sociology and philosophy to provide a novel answer to these increasingly important questions. The authors begin by distinguishing between two basic...

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Main Author:	Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-
Other Authors:	Kusch, Martin
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1998. ©1998
Subjects:	Human-machine systems. Automation. PHILOSOPHY/General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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