ABSTRACT

Proem.............................................................................................................................................. 169 The.Fundamental.and.Practical.Reasons.for.Simulation............................................................... 170 Simulation.in.the.Past..................................................................................................................... 170 On.Predicting.the.Future................................................................................................................ 173 The.Practicalities.of.Simulation..................................................................................................... 175 Simulation.and.Training................................................................................................................. 176 Discourse.between.Two.Worlds..................................................................................................... 177 Hybrid.Simulation.Worlds.............................................................................................................. 178 Assessing.the.Progress.of.Simulation.Technologies...................................................................... 179 The.Turing.Test.of.Simulation........................................................................................................ 180 Super-Simulation............................................................................................................................ 181 The.Moral.Dimension.of.Simulation.............................................................................................. 182 A.Philosophical.Valediction........................................................................................................... 182 Summary.and.Conclusion.............................................................................................................. 185 Acknowledgments.......................................................................................................................... 185 References....................................................................................................................................... 186

I.argue.that,. in. the.coming.decades,. the.conception.of.simulation.will.undergo.a.metamorphosis.as. the.fundamental.assumptions.about.what.constitutes.simulation.evolve.under.the.driving.force.of.progressive.technological.innovation..The.primary.stimulus.for.development.will.come.from.the.need.to. explore.all.processes.through.which.humans.interact.with.technology..Such.future.interaction.will.find. operators.working.on.representations.of.task.spaces,.presented.via.diverse.forms.of.sensory.display.(see. Mouloa,.Gilson,.and.Hancock,.2003)..As.the.linkage.between.these.display.representations.and.actual. system.configurations.will. be. contingent. solely.upon. the. software. connections-and.given. that. the. metaphor.for.representation.will.be.judged.by.its.operational.effectiveness,.not.the.degree.to.which.it. replicates.the.appearance.of.the.actual.system-the.difference.between.what.is.simulation.and.what.is. actual.operation.will.disappear..The.definition.of.simulation.in.such.circumstances.will.depend.solely.on. whether.the.operator.actually.effects.change.in.the.real-world.system.or.is.alternatively.using,.evaluating,.or.training.at.the.time.on.exactly.the.same.display.connected.to.an.electronic.surrogate..In.multipleoperator,.multiple-system.configurations,.even.this.criterion.will.eventually.fail.to.hold.any.permanent. distinction.because.momentary.control.of.the.action.affecting.the.system.will.be.passed.between.individuals.at.different.times..At.this.juncture,.simulation.will.have.passed.the.Turing.Test.for.reality.