Tag Archives: Computers
The Cyber Agenda: Politics and the Power of the Internet
Lawrence K. Grossman and James Kinsella discuss and describe how new technologies such as the Internet, online magazines, and interactive cable systems are replacing our shared experience of the front page, nightly news on TV, and conventional magazines. Grossman and Kinsella … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Grossman, Lawrence, Kinsella, James
Tagged Art, Computers, Humanities, Internet, Journalism, Television
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Thinking Machines
Can computers think? In the late 1980s, contrasting answers to that question come from John Searle and Herbert Simon. In the first segment, Searle considers the philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence. In the second segment [15:15], Simon, who coauthored Scientific Discovery: … Continue reading
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Tagged Artificial intelligence, Computers, Human intelligence, Philosophy
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Computers and Culture, Part 2 of 2
Nearly everyone acknowledges the usefulness and time-saving applications of computers, from balancing the family checkbook to putting astronauts into space. But what about some of the long-term cultural implications of computers for American life? Jay David Bolter, Frank Borchardt, and John B. Smith … Continue reading
Posted in Bolter, Jay David, Borchardt, Frank L., Episodes, Smith, John B. (John Bristow)
Tagged Computers
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