Smithsonian Magazine

Why the Computer Scientist Behind the World’s First Chatbot Dedicated His Life to Publicizing the Threat Posed by A.I.

Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could "induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal ...
insider.si.edu

The computer book : from the abacus to artificial intelligence, 250 milestones in the history of computer science / Simson L. Garfinkel and Rachel H. Grunspan

C. 2500 BCE: Sumerian abacus -- c. 700 BC: Scytale -- c. 150: Antikythera mechanism -- c. 60: Programmable robot -- c. 850: "On Deciphering Cryptographic Messages ...
The Telegraph

Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology

This 1975 photo provided by Gates Ventures shows Microsoft founder Bill Gates holding a printout of the computer coding that launched the software maker. (Ian Allen/Gates Ventures via AP) Even as he ...
Reuters

CHRONOLOGY-Key dates in the history of the personal computer

TAIPEI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - This year will likely be the first year that laptop PC sales will outstrip those of desktop PCs. Here are some landmark dates in the history of personal computers which ...