Continued thread
i find all of this extraordinary:
#MaryShelley created "#Frankenstein"
the seminal work (arguably the first work of #scienceFiction)-
humanity creating artificial life
in a ghost story writing contest suggested by #LordByron
the father of #AdaLovelace
who predicted #AI (the first person to seriously address the topic)-
humanity creating an artificial mind
something to think about this #womensHistoryMonth:
the artistic and technological mothers of our age
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24565995
6/6
BBC NewsA Point of View: Will machines ever be able to think?The pursuit of "machine intelligence" has long interested computer scientists, but will machines ever think for themselves, ask Lisa Jardine.
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