#AdaLovelace

#LordByron's daughter

Her mother #AnneMilbanke insisted Ada have an education rooted in #science and #mathematics

That led her on a lifepath where she wound up in cahoots with #CharlesBabbage, geeking out with him over the potential for his invention, the #AnalyticalEngine, a mechanical #computer

And this is how Ada because the world's first computer #programmer

And in her writing is found the world's first practical prediction of

And rejection of

#AI

3/x

@randomcha @scalzi

On two occasions I have been asked, — "Pray, Mr. #Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower, House put this question. I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (1864), ch. 5 "#DifferenceEngine No. 1"

#CharlesBabbage #Babbage

@CarveHerName

Great book! 👍 Here's the hardback over art.

Note to the curious... the first few pages are a very jocular but accurate depiction of Ada's origin, upbringing, and influences (a great way to learn her story). The remainder is a mash-up of historical figures like #GeorgeEliot, #steampunk fantasy (all on the mark), & early #information_science.

It is a wild and rewarding ride!

#AdaLovelace #CharlesBabbage #GraphicNovel #History