<i>&quot;This is the first technology that automates the power of the human mind.&quot;</i><p>Writing (and later, indexing) automated and enhanced memory.<p>Calculators automated computation.<p>Computers have automated a lot.<p>You can say these have only automated specific pieces of &quot;human mind&quot; functionality - but I assert that this is not really different from how a tractor only automates specific pieces of &quot;human muscle&quot; functionality.