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THE REITH LECTURES

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on BBC Home Service Basic

The Age of Automation by Sir Leon Bagrit Chairman of Elliott-Automation. Ltd.
2: The Range of Applications
Computers can say what and when and how much, but. unless the programmer tells them how. they cannot say why. Within this limitation. modern automation technology has completely transformed the means of collecting, measuring. and processing data for many types of investigation and activity. Human judgment, however, remains the final arbiter.
Repeated on Monday at 7.30 (Third) Next Sunday: Education for an Age of Automation
These Lectures are being printed in ' The Listener '

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Sir Leon Bagrit
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