What I have here termed the "humanist critique" of computation may be correctly thought of as the most repetitive and least overtly political response to the coming age of computation. This critique is historically rooted in Hollywood's imaginary of preceding decades pertaining to robots and ongoing concerns about humanity's status in the face of technological advances. The frequency with which Hollywood seems compelled to address issues of what makes us human, whether we are smarter than machines, whether we will be replaced by technology (etc.), suggests that these issues are not entirely trivial. What is insufficient is the all-too-frequent answer: yes, we may be flawed but at least we have feelings.

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