I'd love to read the dissertation, can you share it?
Cybernetics also reintroduced teleology into the sciences, which is philosophically deeply controversial.
I also like the fact that he describes this teleology as reducing local entropy [1].
I presented my tenure midterm today on "AI for Wellbeing" which I based on Cybernetics [2].
[1] "while the universe as a whole, if indeed there is a whole universe, tends to run down, there are local enclaves whose direction seems opposed to that of the universe at large and in which there is a limited and temporary tendency for organization to increase. Life finds its home in some of these enclaves. It is with this point of view at its core that the new science of Cybernetics began its development."
You should also look into our IEEE standard 7010 "Recommended Practice for Assessing the Impact of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems on Human Well-Being"
I was one of the authors and it might have some valuable concepts you could use.
Cybernetics also reintroduced teleology into the sciences, which is philosophically deeply controversial.
I also like the fact that he describes this teleology as reducing local entropy [1].
I presented my tenure midterm today on "AI for Wellbeing" which I based on Cybernetics [2].
[1] "while the universe as a whole, if indeed there is a whole universe, tends to run down, there are local enclaves whose direction seems opposed to that of the universe at large and in which there is a limited and temporary tendency for organization to increase. Life finds its home in some of these enclaves. It is with this point of view at its core that the new science of Cybernetics began its development."
[2] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_hDjT06C6WyITgtbdPVj...