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AGI: Any year now?
In 1950, Claude Shannon created Theseus, a maze-solving mechanical mouse that served as the world’s first practical demonstration of machine learning. Its brain was composed...
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The History of AI project is designed to provide an interactive, educational perspective on the progress of AI developments by presenting portrayals of AI in...
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Clap at us
This robotic sculpture examines the language of machines: humor, nudges, flattery, and the soft mechanics of persuasion. Built from a recycled bike fork and reclaimed actuator arms.
AGI: Any year now?
In 1950, Claude Shannon created Theseus, a maze-solving mechanical mouse that served as the world’s first practical demonstration of machine learning. Its brain was composed of electromechanical relays, like the...
SNARC
Last year I learned about the Stochastic Neural Analog Reinforcement Calculator (SNARC). As the first artificial neural network machine ever built, it seemed like a lost artifact in the history...
SkyKnit
Thanks to the work of Janelle Shane and an avid group of knitters, SkyKnit produces new knitting patterns using a neural network trained on over 5000 knitting patterns. It's an...
SHODAN
While I was in the early stages of working on the exhibit design, James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction series had an episode about artificial intelligence called Intelligent Machines. Cameron...
