Word: computerizes
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Two kids were perched over the chicken computer last week, groaning when they lost, time after time. "Why's that chicken taking so long to make his move?" one said. "He's thinking, he's just thinking. Don't go and rush him," his partner replied.
Rosen's system consists of a black-and-white TV camera that scans objects against a brightly lighted background, then transmits to a computer the hundreds of dots (or pixels) that form the TV image. The computer transforms these dots into binary code and compares what it sees with...
Florida, the machine suddenly hit itself so hard that it sheared off its arm. Says John Dixon, a computer scientist working on the Navy's underwater explorer: "We humans have been manipulating things ever since we were children, so we're extremely good at it. But if you...
(9 of 11) to separate out the problems, not just say, 'Gee whiz, people are going to lose their jobs.' So far, in any case, we've created a hell of a lot more jobs than we've displaced." Adds Edward Fredkin, professor of computer science...
An admirable theory, but the whole tradition of the demonic robot assumes that when a metal creature feels immortal longings, no mere law can rein him in. Arthur C. Clarke demonstrated that in 2001. The computer HAL not only operates the space ship and talks in a supercilious tenor but...