Two mental models for software: robot and a plant.
- Two mental models for software: robot and a plant.
- A robot has its own form of motive force, even though it's not its own agency.
- It is an automaton, it doesn't have judgment.
- You wouldn't give a roomba a power drill and then leave it alone in your house.
- A plant has agency but minimal motive force.
- It grows on its own, but never in a way that can harm you.
- A plant will never eat you or mow you down.