Abstract
In Fredric Brown’s 1954 short story, “Answer,” all of the computers across the 96 billion planets in the universe were connected into one super machine. It was then asked, “Is there a God?” to which it answered, “Yes, now there is a God.”
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
Founding CEO of Google Inc. The Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org , October 28, 2000.
- 2.
- 3.
- 4.
- 5.
- 6.
- 7.
- 8.
MIT Press, 1972.
- 9.
The 1973 “Artificial Intelligence: A General Survey” by Professor Sir James Lighthill of Cambridge University, www.bbc.com/timelines/zq376fr .
- 10.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Tom Taulli
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Taulli, T. (2019). AI Foundations. In: Artificial Intelligence Basics. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5028-0_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5028-0_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Apress, Berkeley, CA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4842-5027-3
Online ISBN: 978-1-4842-5028-0
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied ComputingApress Access BooksProfessional and Applied Computing (R0)