Tag: history of technology
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Telepathy might initially seem a much softer, psychological proposition, tainted with a sense of the supernatural. Yet both Campbell and Clarke were lifelong advocates of the view that telepathy was… more ›
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https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidias-ascent-to-most-valuable-company-has-echoes-of-dot-com-boom-dd836c90?st=276shvptwdhe3vf&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink more ›
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https://palladiummag.com/2020/12/10/kevin-kelly-on-why-technology-has-a-will/ more ›
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In brief, here’s how it works: Each satellite in the GPS constellation, which is maintained and updated by the US Space Force, carries with it an extremely accurate atomic clock.… more ›
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Researchers — including many women of color — have been saying for years that these systems interact differently with people of color and that the societal effects could be disastrous:… more ›
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The history of computing can be divided into an Old Testament and a New Testament: before and after electronic digital computers and the codes they spawned proliferated across the earth.… more ›
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Pessimists Archive is a project to educate people on and archive the history of technophobia and moral panics. We believe the best antidote to fear of the new is looking… more ›
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T IMNIT GEBRU didn’t set out to work in AI. At Stanford, she studied electrical engineering — getting both a bachelor’s and a master’s in the field. Then she became… more ›
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Berlin: Johann Christian Papen, 1710. First edition, the Macclesfield copy, of this milestone in computer history, Leibniz’s description of his famous calculating machine, the first stepped-drum calculator, and the first… more ›
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Bright graphics, a touchscreen, a speech synthesizer, messaging apps, games, and educational software—no, it’s not your kid’s iPad. This is the mid-1970s, and you’re using PLATO. Far from its comparatively… more ›