The Term “Computer” Used to Refer to Humans Fact
The term “computer” used to refer to humans who did computations (“computer” used to be a job description, not a machine).
Alan Turing was the father of computer science and AI, a WWII hero, inventor of one of the first video games, and much more.
The term “computer” used to refer to humans who did computations (“computer” used to be a job description, not a machine).
Charles Babbage can be considered “the father of the computer” as he invented the first mechanical computer (the Difference Engine 1822) and ”the first general-purpose computer” (the Analytical Engine 1837).
Whether or not machines can think, depends on our definition of “think.” Generally we can say, machines can think, but they think differently than humans.
Alan Turing can be considered “the father of computer science and AI.” Turing made major contributions to computing, codebreaking, and even helped the Allies win WWII.
The first video games were developed in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, while the first video games with physics were invented in the late 1950’s.
Cognitive Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a computer program that can think, learn, and generally mimic human cognition.
Venture capital, which was just emerging in the late 50’s, helped create companies like Intel, which in turn created Silicon Valley and startup culture.
British mathematician Ada Lovelace can be considered the mother of computer programing, as she wrote the first complex algorithm meant to be carried out by a machine. However, it is a myth that Ada Lovelace wrote “the first computer program” or was “the first computer programmer”, that title belongs to Charles Babbage.
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