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Licklider Describes "Man-Computer Symbiosis"

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J. C. R. Licklider from "IEEE Spectrum" April 8, 2019

J. C. R. Licklider from "IEEE Spectrum" April 8, 2019

In March 1960 computer scientist J. C. R. Licklider of Bolt, Baranek and Newman published "Man-Computer Symbiosis," IRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics, volume HFE-1 (March 1960) 4-11, postulating that the computer should become an intimate symbiotic partner in human activity, including communication. (See Reading 10.5.)

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