ROBOT WRITING,

Abstract

Technical writers who are hypnotized by the mechanical metaphor inevitably produce robot writing - a separate language, distantly related to the prose of Darwin, Huxley, Jeans, and Einstein. Where they were clear, fresh, and graceful, the robot writer is hard, dull, and clumsy. Where they were merely human, the robot writer is infallible, prefabricated, impersonal, and irresponsible. These four characteristics are interlinked. An example of one usually illustrates the other three.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0606017

Entities

People

  • Douglas H. Scott

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy