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John McCarthy dies at 84; the father of artificial intelligence
![In the mid-1950s mathematician John McCarthy issued a call for research on "Automata Studies," but the phrase was so bland that few people understood what he meant. So he came up with a more provocative description of the idea he was promoting.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65685459-27181910-187105.jpg "In the mid-1950s mathematician John McCarthy issued a call for research on "Automata Studies,\" but the phrase was so bland that few people understood what he meant. So he came up with a more provocative description of the idea he was promoting.")
In the mid-1950s mathematician John McCarthy issued a call for research on "Automata Studies," but the phrase was so bland that few people understood what he meant. So he came up with a more provocative description of the idea he was promoting.
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Leo DiCaprio as computer pioneer Alan Turing? WB says ‘Yes!’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelSince “The Social Network,” everybody seems to want a genius tech nerd film to call their own. The Steve Jobs bio-pic that is sure to come is partial proof. How about a story about WWII era computer pioneer Alan Turing, who helped crack the... -
Celebrate 11022011 with a palindrome, LOL
Nation Now11022011 palindrome day. Celebrate with palindromes: Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!... -
Stephen Colbert to Speak At Commencement
TribLocal - EvanstonEVANSTON, Ill. –- Stephen Colbert, the political satirist who leaves Americans begging for more of his nightly commentary to the “nation,” will give the keynote …... -
White heat: Six degrees of John Cale
Pop & HissJohn Cale is the Forrest Gump of rock, linking a disparate group of tastemakers and cultural figures throughout the four-plus decades of his career. Cale will perform his 1973 album "Paris 1919" tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall, followed by a...... -
Apple I computer, hand built by Steve Jobs, sells for $210,000 in London
L.A. Times Tech BlogAn Apple I computer, also known as the Apple-1, was sold at Christie's in London for 133,250 pounds, or about $210,000. The Apple I was built by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in Jobs' parent's garage and is one of 200 ever made. Marco Boglione, an... -
Artificial intelligence researcher from Harvard wins Turing Award, considered the Nobel of computing
L.A. Times Tech BlogA Harvard University professor whose artificial intelligence work has helped the advent of “thinking machines” has won what is regarded in computing circles as the equivalent of the Nobel prize for technology research. Leslie G. Valiant, who... -
Transhumans in space
Today, Hickam and Simberg debate genetic solutions to the challenges of long-term space travel. Previously they discussed the grudge match between private space entrepreneurs and the federal space agency, examined the moon and Mars for signs of human life...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Depression, NASA, Science, Melanin
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'Enigma'
Times Staff WriterEven though "Enigma" has a plot almost as hard to crack as the Nazi coding device that gives this World War II thriller its name, it is such a grand, romantic entertainment that it sweeps the viewer along in its swiftly escalating suspense. More...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), World War II (1939-1945), Mick Jagger, Derek Jacobi, Science and Technology
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Extension 720 Audio Archives, September 2006
Staff reporterRoderick MacFarquhar, professor of history, political science and government at Harvard University and co-author of the new book Mao's Last Revolution, discusses the history of communism in China, the roots of the Cultural Revolution, and how it...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Manhattan (New York City), Chicago Sun-Times, Lawyers, Science and Technology
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