Monthly Archives: January 2018

Inventing and Fumbling the Future

Posted on January 15, 2018 by GilPress

Thirty-five years ago this week, Apple introduced a computer that changed the way people communicated with their electronic devices, using graphical icons and visual indicators rather than punched cards or text-based commands. On January 19, 1983, Apple introduced Lisa, a … Continue reading →

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From Tabulating Machines to Machine Learning to Deep Learning

Posted on January 8, 2018 by GilPress

This week’s milestone in the history of technology is the patent that launched the ongoing quest to get machines to help us and them know more about our world, from tabulating machines to machine learning to deep learning (or today’s … Continue reading →

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Smart Machines Rising

Posted on January 1, 2018 by GilPress

A number of this week’s milestones in the history of technology highlight the role of mechanical devices in automating work, augmenting human activities, and allowing many people to participate in previously highly-specialized endeavors—a process technology vendors like to call “democratization” … Continue reading →

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