“Hence the major effect of the Panopticon: to induce in the inmate a state of conscious and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power. So to arrange things that the surveillance is permanent in its effects, even if it is discontinuous in its action; that the perfection of power should tend to render [...]

“Some definitions that you may run into as you read more about (this) in the future:”
Automaton
1. A mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot.
2. A person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence.
3. Something capable of [...]