>"Cybernetics has its origins in exchanges between numerous fields during the 1940s, including anthropology, mathematics, neuroscience, psychology, and engineering. [...] At its most prominent during the 1950s and 1960s, cybernetics is a precursor to fields such as computing, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, complexity science, and robotics amongst others. [...] Early focuses included purposeful behaviour,[6] neural networks, heterarchy,[7] information theory, and self-organising systems."
