Life 6 years ago The Enchantress Of Numbers: Ada Lovelace Hayley Williams 4 It may surprise you to know that the world’s first computer programmer did not actually own a computer. In fact,…
Life 6 years ago The Godfather Of HAL 9000 And The Useless Machine: Marvin Minsky Hayley Williams The computing world mourned the loss of a legend last week when AI visionary and inventor Marvin Minsky passed away….
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