Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.

  • EmoDuck
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    1 year ago

    The idea of a thinking machine/mechanical brain would be more than enough to wow them

    • XTL@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Yes. Realistic working computers were still a fantasy. So was solid state electronics and continuing miniaturisation.

      But they might feel like plausible future space magic like flying cars.