What kind of computer program would take more than a century to complete?
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What was the first computer program to have AI (and on what hardware did it run)?…

One of the earliest and most influential examples of #artificialintelligence was Christopher Strachey's draughts (checkers) program, developed between 1951 and 1952. Strachey, a schoolmaster and pioneering computer scientist, initially wrote the program for Alan Turing's Pilot ACE, an early British computer... #computerprograms #technology

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What was the first computer program to have AI (and on what hardware did it run)?…

One of the earliest and most influential examples of #artificialintelligence was Christopher Strachey’s draughts (checkers) program, developed between 1951 and 1952. Strachey, a schoolmaster …

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In #Academics including #Math and #ComputerScience one of the biggest things I learned was to be #Methodical. #Proofs and #ComputerPrograms require clear thought. Knowing #FormalLogic was extremely valuable, one of my favorite classes in #college.

In the #ModernWorld of #AI lending a hand to any possible human #intellectual endeavor, I wonder if people will become less likely to learn and practice formal logic.

#AIWorries

On my reading list: "Some Misconceptions about Software in the Copyright Literature" by Joshua Bloch & @pamelasamuelson: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4198594 #Copyright #ComputerPrograms #OracleVersusGoogle