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As we’ve discussed, computers have been moving from passive information providers living on desktop machines to active participants in our social sphere. The infrastructure of the Internet and the World Wide Web allows the proliferation of new applications, and our social interactions with machines provide them with new information that let them learn more about us and our world.
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Hendler, J., Mulvehill, A.M. (2016). Conclusion: Social Machines and the New Future. In: Social Machines. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1156-4_9
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