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Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (born March 11, 1915, St. Louis, Missouri; died June 26, 1990, Arlington, Massachusetts) was an American computer scientist who laid the foundation for computer networks and ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. Licklider speaks on the ideology and theory of computing and information technology. He also helped finance the development of systems that became modern...

In Licklider’s paper Man-Computer Symbiosis (1960), he tells us his prediction of future relationships between humans and computers. He believes that humans and computers can play to their strengths in symbiosis at some point in the future. This is one of the earliest papers discussing the relationship between humans and computers. Although it is early, I think Licklider’s prediction...

A brief explanation of the Licklider’s “Man-Computer Symbiosis”: Building computers to be able to help humans solve complex problems much more effectivelyHumans are able to cooperate in various ways with the computers The human will set a goal, make a hypothesis, determine the criteria, and perform the evaluations. How does the computer help? Developments in computer time...

In Licklider’s essay, he used the example of fig trees and the insect Blastophaga grossorun to explain the concept of symbiosis. In his article, he says that “The tree and the insect are thus heavily interdependent: the tree cannot reproduce without the insect; the insect cannot eat without the tree; together, they constitute not only a viable but a productive and thriving partnership.” After...

Man-Computer Symbiosis Take a look at the image directly above these words. What kinds of feelings does it rouse up in you? Comfort? Curiosity? Uncertainty? Dread? Either way, you’ve likely seen something like this before; it’s an example of what a symbiotic relationship might look like between a person and a machine. It may also look like this: Neo awakens from his pod in The Matrix...

In addition to building a computer and using it only to solve problems, there was an emerging prediction among early Internet pioneers that we can cooperate in various ways with the computers themselves. J.C.R Licklider put down some thoughts about what he referred to as man-computer symbiosis. He talks about how man-computer symbiosis is an expected development in cooperative interaction between...