The “Embodiment” of Code

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The "Embodiment" of Code

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Video: https://youtu.be/EcT4MqUTdKw

To exist and to interact with the world around it, computer code needs to be “embodied” in (of course) computers, and, despite its virtually infinite extensibility (at least in theory), the nature of code’s embodiment has a limiting and determinative effect that we need to understand if we are going to fully grasp the impact of computer code on the world around us.

Note: The excellent visualizations of how logic gates work and are controlled by computer code are from  @CoreDumpped ‘s brilliant video on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjneAhCy2N4