Computer Language & Terms

[alive_miracles]

Hiya, I'm trying to discover more about the language of computers (coding, etc) as well as the terminology around what makes a computer. I plan to write a story from the perspective of a computer. This device will be a metaphor for being neurodivergent (autism, adhd, ocd, etc) and a state of anarchism.

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Do any of you know any historical figures, events, or devices that would be relevant to this subject?

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Any specific words related to computers/coding language that would be a good idea to think of/implement?

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Know of any websites or people I could get in contact with to help understand and possibly apply accurate knowledge to my story?

Comments

[alive_miracles]

Thanks for the advice and bits of history! Truthfully I wanna make story about a computer that was designed to be a friend. And perhaps even a therapist. And it realize with all these updates and support it gives to its creator, turning it back to itself. I was gonna do it divided into possible short stories. The anarchism part would be related to forced to be tool that isn't just a therapist but also collect people's information and sell it. However the computer begins to challenge that with its therapist/friendly functions vs capitalist functions. It's still in the works.

[(Anonymous)]

I think the easiest way to represent those competing priorities (helping it's patient vs selling their data) is to look at most computer sci-fi stories and invert the whole "kill SOME people to protect all people" logic (see 2001: a space odyssey, I, robot, etc.)

[(Anonymous)]

I have no mouth and I must scream is a very dark story that covers a robot talking about itself and grappling with dumb given rules.

[alive_miracles]

AHAH yes what a unit AM is! Angrii computer!

[alive_miracles]

Those are all good examples. I have seen a few of them but I definitely wanna study them more and their approaches.