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Wrong: it's the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (founded 1962 by John McCarthy -- who co-authored the document that first defined AI as a field, inv
by cstross 4y ago
Wrong: it's the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (founded 1962 by John McCarthy -- who co-authored the document that first defined AI as a field, invented LISP, time sharing, and garbage collection, heavily influenced the design of ALGOL, and so on: one of the pioneers of computer science):
https://ai.stanford.edu/ https://ai.stanford.edu/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scient...
- b112 4y agoLISP even has its own song. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/eternal-flame.en.html https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/eternal-flame.en.html
- ghaff 4y agoHeh. I have a recording of that by Kathy Mar which is somewhat distinguished as a filk song by being sung by someone who actually sings well.
- b112 4y agoNeat
- robbedpeter 4y agoFilk- like folk, but for IT people.
- cstross 4y agoNope, the term came out of SF fandom decades ago.