“Smartness” as a metaphor draws on associations with the mind tied to the history of cybernetics, while ignoring the situated, material, embodied experience of knowledge. “Smart” has become a common short-hand for talking about the promises of automated, digital, and algorithmic systems. But, in German and Old English prior to the 12th century, before it became attributed to human intelligence (and now, digital systems).what is considered to be smart in technology ?

