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The early minds behind the machine: Founders of artificial intelligence
Before the term artificial intelligence was coined in 1955, there were glimmers of AI’s potential in folklore, fiction, and the early engineering feats of the 19th and early 20th centuries. These ...
The Fantasy of a More Neighborly Past
Sun City' offers evidence that widespread isolation began long before Americans became absorbed in their phones.
The New Yorker turns 100: Here’s how it started with a poker game
To start The New Yorker, Ross’ poker partner Fleischmann was willing to stake him US$25,000—roughly $450,000 in today’s ...
Valentine’s Day 1946: The first general-purpose electronic computer blossoms
It’s fitting, then, that the first general-purpose electronic computer, ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and ...
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Did you know? The first AI-generated music was in 1951
Artificial intelligence in music may seem like a recent innovation, but the first AI-generated melody dates back to 1951. It ...