Rethinking machines.
Part of a special section on technological innovations from the first quarter of 2001. Danny Hillis is a computing pioneer who has distinctive ideas on the relationship between technology and humanity. He first came to attention in the 1980s for his work on a computing technique called “massively p...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 358; pp. 55 - 57 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
March 24 2001
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