A few fragments

Though Phil is gone, his voice is not. Not quite yet. We spoke much more last time than made it in the episode. Some of what we talked about was interesting and/or amusing, so I stuck together another episode with it.

Here’s a link to a 15-minute video of someone interacting with ELIZA, one of the very first chatbot programs.

Conversations with Eliza

Here’s a couple of links about an attempt to make a computer in the eighteen-hundreds.

Babbage, Analytical Engine

Ada Lovelace, the First Tech Visionary

And here’s something on Myelin Evolution.

Myelin Evolution

Almost forgot. Here’s something about the Octopus.

The Mind of an Octopus