Hey Steve, I started computing in about 1967 so missed using electromechanical computer myself. But I have a piece of a WWII electromechanical computer:
https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/aberdeen/aberdeen.html On Thu, 24 Dec 2020, [email protected] wrote:
This discussion has an interesting historical parallel. Early computers like the IBM-602 calculating punch and the Boroughs E-101 accounting machine were electromechanical. I’ve been doing this stuff long enough to have my early hands-on experience on three different types of electromechanical computers. There was a hot debate within IBM whether it was even theoretically possible to compute without any moving parts. Now nearly a century later this seems silly, but back then this was SERIOUS as some groups were trying to invest millions of dollars into something that other more conservative people thought was a stupid pipe dream. Colin now carries the same burden as the “needs moving parts” people - of explaining why algorithms simulating fields can’t work, when everyone, even including Colin, agrees that no such convincing explanation is possible. Interesting. Steve Richfield On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 2:32 AM <[email protected]> wrote: On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at 10:43 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: Colin, you haven't answered my question. I don't understand how electrical noise from neurons magically makes intelligence possible. That's what I'm wondering too. I can't remember if he said once he is simply designing a real chip to make his code run faster, but there's so much fluff on this thread it really makes you wonder if the chip is what is meant to bring alive some magno-electro-psi-quanti-powers. -- Full employment can be had with the stoke of a pen. Simply institute a six hour workday. That will easily create enough new jobs to bring back full employment. Artificial General Intelligence List / AGI / see discussions + participants + delivery options Permalink
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