Manufacturing and Encountering “Human” in the Age of Digital Reproduction

• Published in: Human No More p. 49
• Main Author: Matthew Bernius
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States University Press of Colorado 12.08.2012
• Subjects: Animals; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Applied sciences; Arts; Behavioral sciences; Biological sciences; Biology; Cameras; Children; Communication systems; Communications technology; Computer engineering; Computer science; Computer software; Cultural anthropology; Digital communication systems; Engineering; Human behavior; Human populations; Humans; Internet; Machinery; Mammals; Mechanical engineering; Optical engineering; Optical equipment; Performing arts; Persons; Photographic equipment; Population studies; Primates; Scripts; Search engines; Social behavior; Social interaction; Social sciences; Software applications; Stagecraft; Technology; Theater; Video cameras; Webcams; Websites; World Wide Web; Zoology
• ISBN: 9781607321699; 1607321696; 9781607321897; 1607321890
• DOI: 10.5876/9781607321705.c03

There is little question that Jennings and President Obama had their tongues firmly planted in their cheeks when they made these remarks. The two jokes play upon a time-honored cultural meme: the more intelligent—or perhaps “human”—the machine, the more likely it is to threaten its creators. In the...