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Autonomic Computing

Posted by michael on from the telltale-heart dept.

pvcpie writes: "The New York Times has a story today about Autonomic Computing, which is described as "a biological metaphor suggesting a systemic approach to attaining a higher level of automation in computing;" and they published a paper (pdf) on the topic. Apparently there are already some universities signed up on Autonomic Computing projects, more info was available on the website and in the nyt article. It also appeared in CNET."

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  1. Bad for jobs? by Quasar1999 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Great... Ever notice the easier it is to use a computer program, the harder it is for the programmer to write it...

    This begs the question, is this new more 'self operated' type of computer programs going to put us programmers out of a job?

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