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AUTOMATION
ОглавлениеAutomation is the ability of a synthetic entity to perform work. Since work requires both intelligence and actions, automation involves both.
Thinking automation: Automation automates the thinking part where a synthetic entity can be intelligent (refer to the definition of intelligence presented above) autonomously. Here autonomously implies that it can make decisions to navigate through uncertainty on its own.
Action automation: Automation automates actions where non-thinking parts of work are automated. For instance, a car automates movement on land, an airplane automates mobility in the sky, a non-thinking computer automates work tasks such as spreadsheets, word processing, and others. Instead of walking, you ride in a car. Instead of flying (not sure how a human would fly, perhaps jump or fall is a better comparison), a human can fly in an airplane. A human driving a car, flying an airplane, or using a computer is benefiting from the automation in these artifacts even though he or she is using his or her own cognitive skills to operate these machines. These machines are not intelligent, but they are automated. That automation is the automation of action where an artifact can enable human work that requires interaction with the environment.