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'''A machine is an enclosure that contains independent parts that exert force on each other to produce a desired function. This may be as simple as cogs in a drill press making holes. One stage further, a more complicated machine called a corporation like employees working in a [[corporation]] to make a profit.''' | '''A machine is an enclosure that contains independent parts that exert force on each other to produce a desired function. This may be as simple as cogs in a drill press making holes. One stage further, a more complicated machine called a corporation like employees working in a [[corporation]] to make a profit.''' | ||
It is the commonality of the parts which define the machine i.e. the majority of parts in a drill press do simple tasks which work together to make holes in things. Whereas in a corporation a collection of people work together to make profit. Machines always have inputs, a function and then based on their efficiency, a productive output (''internality'') and a waste output (''externality''). | It is the commonality of the parts which define the machine i.e. the majority of parts in a drill press do simple tasks which work together to make holes in things. Whereas in a corporation a collection of people work together to make profit. Machines always have inputs, a function and then based on their efficiency, a productive output (''internality'') and a waste output (''[[Externalities|externality]]''). | ||
== Machine Intelligence == | == Machine Intelligence == | ||