The forgotten 80-year-old machine that shaped the internet – and could help us survive #AI
Vannevar Bush, author of the influential 1945 essay As We May Think
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Martin Rudorfer
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Many years ago, long before the internet or artificial intelligence, an American engineer called Vannevar Bush was trying to solve a problem. He could see how difficult it had become for professionals to research anything, and saw the potential for a better way
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