"Increasingly, the central question is becoming who will have access to the information these machines must have in storage to guarantee that the right decisions are made"
- Jean-Francois Lyotard
About this Quote
This quote by Jean-Francois Lyotard talks to the growing significance of information and info in the modern-day world. As technology advances, machines are ending up being progressively efficient in making choices that were once the exclusive domain of human beings. However, these machines require access to big amounts of data in order to make the right decisions. As such, the central question is becoming who will have access to this data. Will it be the government, corporations, or people? This question is becoming increasingly crucial as the power of innovation grows and the decisions made by devices end up being increasingly more influential. It is essential that the ideal individuals have access to the best data in order to guarantee that the choices made by machines are useful to society.
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