Incomprehensible Computer Systems: Knowledge Without Wisdom

Rosenberg, Ronni Lynne

Incomprehensible Computer Systems: Knowledge Without Wisdom

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Rosenberg, Ronni Lynne

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Weizenbaum, Joseph

Date Issued

January 1980

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MIT-LCS-TR-227

Abstract

An analysis of the incomprehensibility of large, complex computer systems is made. The thesis is that there is a strong relationship between system incomprehensibility and the necessity to trust computer systems. A cogent definition of incomprehensibility in computer system is established, with common themes drawn from interdisciplinary literature dealing with computers and society.

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