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02.01.-550 · AE-25210102
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Mythology

31.12.1785 · AE-1851231
Mythology

Jean Regnault :: Pygmalion priant Vénus d'animer sa statue (1786)

What Is Machine

31.12.61 · AE-19091231
What is "a machine" ?

Hydraulic organ (ὕδραυλις) of Hero of Alexandria (62AD)

Number

02.01.-550 · AE-25210102
Pythagoras

Bust of Pythagoras from Forum Romanum, Rome

What Is Number

02.01.-550 · AE-25210102
What is a number ?

WikiMedia User HB, licence CC BY NC SA 4.0

Algorithm

01.01.820 · AE-11500101
al-Khwarizmi

picture from steemkr.com @nindyputri
>> cross-referenced signal
  • ⇄ The Invention of Zero

What Is Algorithm

01.01.820 · AE-11500101
What is an algorithm ?

		i=0;
		while (true) {
			i=i+1;
			print i;
		}
		
>> cross-referenced signal
  • ⇄ The Invention of Zero

Digit

31.12.1201 · AE-7691231
Fibonacci

What Is Digit

31.12.1201 · AE-7691231
What is a digit ?
I, V, X, L, C, D, M
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 1

Code

30.12.1696 · AE-2741230
Leibniz

portrait of G.W. Leibniz

What Is Code

30.12.1696 · AE-2741230
What is code ?

from letter of Leibniz to Duke of Braunschweig (1697)

Representation

01.01.1840 · AE-1300101
Ada Lovelace

portrait of Ada King, countess of Lovelace (cca 1840)

What Is Representation

01.01.1840 · AE-1300101
What is a representation ?
>> cross-referenced signal
  • ⇄ Why It Mattered

Computation

01.01.1936 · AE-340101
Alan Matthison Turing

Passport photo of A.M.T., aged 16

What Is Computation

01.01.1936 · AE-340101
What is computation ?

https://giphy.com/explore/turing-machines

Information

01.01.1948 · AE-220101
Claude Shannon
TEKNISKA MUSEET / FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS

What Is Information

01.01.1948 · AE-220101
What is information ?

Longlivetheux https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DIKW_Pyramid.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0

Can Machines Think

31.12.2018 · AE481231
Topics: Computer architecture, Operating Systems, Epoche, Internet, Raspberry PI, hackers

Can Machines Learn

31.12.2018 · AE481231
Persons: John von Neumann, Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Steve Jobs, Edward Snowden, Satoshi Nakamoto, Lady Ada

Can Machines See

31.12.2018 · AE481231
A.I.s & Blockchains: Google, Alexa, Siri, Aladdin, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Palantir, TIA, bots & robots

Can Machines Feel

31.12.2018 · AE481231
Questions : Can machine think ? Can machine learn ? Can machine see? Can machine feel?

The Congress

13.02.2019 · AE490213
The Futurological Congress AE1000000