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Both instruments are processors of information. Both appeared when nothing quite like them had existed before, and both began to make their effects felt immediately (a situation that isn't invariable with new technology). Both devices were less the result of a single breakthrough than of an evolving set of technologies. Like the computer, the printing press had no one certain inventor; it was a technology whose time had come.

Pamela McCorduck

Pamela McCorduck

Pamela McCorduck

Born: 1940

Died: October 18, 2021 (aged 81)

Bio: Pamela McCorduck was an American author of a number of books concerning the history and philosophical significance of artificial intelligence, the future of engineering and the role of women and technology. She was also the author of three novels.

Known for:

Aaron's code (1991)
The Edge of Chaos: A Novel (2007)
Bounded Rationality: A Novel (2012)

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