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Of course, that potential is still in the Stone Age. As of now, a computer is limited by its program and so by its programmer. But machines are already showing the capacity to teach themselves, to fill gaps in their programs and come up with original solutions. Furthermore, programming becomes...
Their most secure foothold is in science. They are telling us things about molecular structure and aero-dynamics. In hard-to-quantify sciences like linguistics or psychology they are partly hamstrung; they can't tell the difference between sentences like "Fruit flies like a banana" and "Time flies like an...
THE COMPUTERS that have fore-gone the real world for experimentation in the laboratory have gained exotic accomplishments. A plaque and a trophy sit atop the PDP-6 computer in M.I.T.'s Artificial Intelligence Lab. They were won in chess tournaments. Even psychiatry is tainted. An M.I.T. computer offers comfort...
Computers are finding unlimited opportunity in the arts. Music, for instance. The electric wave which goes from a musical instrument or a recording into the speaker of a sound system can be represented with total accuracy as a sequence of numbers. And since computers can do anything with numbers, they...
Computers have dabbled in choreography, have made sculptures and mobiles. They have written poems, essays and stories (after a fashion) and have generated animations and films. Their graphics are exquisite. A computer's imitation of Mondrian's painting "Composition with Lines" was shown to 100 people in an experiment. Only...