KIT-Fakultät für InformatikMar 26

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Connection Machine (CM), early developers will be attending the conference "Envisioning AI: Legacy and Impact of the Connection Machine" at the ZKM in #Karlsruhe:

Brewster Kahle (CM engineer & founder of the Internet Archive, @brewsterkahle)
Lew Tucker (CM software architect)
Tamiko Thiel (CM designer)

March 27–28, 2026, ZKM, free admission, 📢 English, will also be streamed

Agenda and all details:
https://zkm.de/en/2026/03/envisioning-ai-legacy-and-impact-of-the-connection-machine

#ConnectionMachine #RetroComputing

Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚Mar 29

@KITInformatik @brewsterkahle Livestreaming of Day 2 blocked by WMG in Canada for copyright. :(

"This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds"

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@Toxic_Flange @brewsterkahle Thanks for pointing this out. All I can say now is that it is even not working here in Germany 🙄

Since Day 1 is available, I assume that YouTube has blocked the video. But I will also contact the originators at ZKM and see if there is anything they can do.

Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚Mar 29
@KITInformatik @brewsterkahle But I can still order a T-Shirt with the CM-1 logo ! :D
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@Toxic_Flange There is also a special T-shirt issued for the conference based on the original design. It is for sale in the ZKM shop, but I couldn't find it in the web shop.
Mar 29 at 4:12pmWeb
Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚Mar 29
@KITInformatik Oh! Good to know, thank you! I'll keep my eye on it and fingers crossed it does :)