God & Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion is a book written by MIT cybernetician Norbert Wiener . It won the second annual U.S. National Book Award in category Science, Philosophy and Religion .

Can we then say: God is to Golem as man is to Machines? in Jewish legend, golem is an embryo Adam, shapeless and not fully created, hence a monster, an automation.The third point considered is that of the relation between man and machine.

The new and rapidly growing field of communication sciences owes as much to Norbert Wiener as to any one man. He coined the word for it—cybernetics. In God & Golem, Inc., the author concerned himself with major points in cybernetics which are relevant to religious issues.The first point he considers is that of the machine which learns. While ...

A golem (/ ˈɡoʊləm / GOH-ləm; Hebrew: גּוֹלֶם‎, romanized: gōlem) is an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew …

The new and rapidly growing field of communication sciences owes as much to Norbert Wiener as to any one man. He coined the word for it--cybernetics. In God & Golem, Inc., the author concerned himself with major points in cybernetics which are relevant to religious issues.<br /> <br /> The first point he considers is that of the machine which ...

Norbert Wiener's "God & Golem, Inc." is a remarkably prescient exploration of the intersection between cybernetics, religion, and the human condition. Written in 1963, its core insights about the power and limitations of machines, the dangers of "gadget worship," and the need for ethical responsibility in technological development resonate even ...

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"Can God make a stone so heavy that He cannot lift it?" If He cannot, there is a limit to His power, or at least there appears to be; and if He can, this seems to constitute a limitation to His power too. It is easy to dispose of this difficulty as a verbal quibble, but it is more. The paradox of this ques-[7] tion is one of the many paradoxes ...

作者: Norbert Wiener 副标题: A Comment on Certain Points where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion isbn: 0262730111 书名: God and Golem, Inc. 页数: 99 定价: USD 17.95 出版社: The MIT Press 出版年: 1966-03-15 装帧: Paperback

God and Golem, Inc: A Comment on Certain Points where Cybernetics Impinges on Religion Winner, National Book Awards 1965 for Science, Philosophy, And Religion