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When the first machines were created, their mechanisms were further refined as to increase their productive output. For instance, a drill press can have lubrication on its cogs to make it more efficient and easy to use. When a series of machines are placed into an enclosure this is called a ''factory''. | When the first machines were created, their mechanisms were further refined as to increase their productive output. For instance, a drill press can have lubrication on its cogs to make it more efficient and easy to use. When a series of machines are placed into an enclosure this is called a ''factory''. | ||
[[File:Difference engine.jpg|alt=Difference engine|thumb|Figure 2. The first computer. Babbage's 1882 Difference Engine.]] | [[File:Difference engine.jpg|alt=Difference engine|thumb|Figure 2. The first computer. Babbage's 1882 Difference Engine.]] | ||
This stepping up of complex systems is also comparable to the world of computers. The first computers | This stepping up of complex systems is also comparable to the world of computers. The first computers took their energy from manual cranking, which processed information into other kinds of information (productive output) via a function with cogs (Figure 2) with the externality being the CO2 in the crankers breath. Computer mechanisms were further refined in being powered by electricity and the cogs being replaced with virtual parts called algorithms. | ||
== Machine Intelligence == | == Machine Intelligence == | ||