intellectronics

American

[in-tl-ek-tron-iks] / ˌɪn tl ɛkˈtrɒn ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

a field of study that seeks to develop electronic devices, as robots, that have humanlike intellect and skills.

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DOCTORS: Doctors of the future, according to Ramo, will feed their patients' case histories into a medical intellectronics system that will correlate the information with that amassed from thousands of previous cases and then supply "the statistical probabilities of the relative effectiveness of various treatments."

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of searching through law libraries for precedents, says Ramo, a lawyer will consult the intellectronics system by means of a typewriter-like gadget in his office which, within seconds, will produce "any information that is available on his particular question."

From Time Magazine Archive

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