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@kityates

not only was #lovelace the world's first #programmer, she was also the first #AI detractor

and i know that because the first non-#sciencefiction proponent of AI, #alanturing, cited her in his defense of/ argument for AI

#turing framed the foundational thoughts of the entire field of AI, as an argument against ada's thoughts

and she lived many decades before turing!

#adalovelace was an amazing woman

she deserves her own hollywood movie

bbc.com/news/magazine-24565995

BBC NewsA Point of View: Will machines ever be able to think?The pursuit of "machine intelligence" has long interested computer scientists, but will machines ever think for themselves, ask Lisa Jardine.
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@ajaykaul10 @RIDDLES Turing was the original proponent, as you say, but decades before Turing there was the original detractor of #AI: #Lovelace. And Turing seemed to be grumpy about it.

Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, was an amazing progenitor. She needs her own damn movie. I find her fascinating.

Apparently her mother was worried about her developing her father's excesses, and steered her upbringing to mathematics, away from literature. It paid off.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Love

en.wikipedia.orgAda Lovelace - Wikipedia
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@ajaykaul10 @RIDDLES

'We do not know how Turing came across Lovelace's notes. But he devotes a significant portion of his 1950 paper to countering what he calls "Lady Lovelace's objection" and he quotes her verbatim.'

We do have to honor the father of computing, #Turing, but we can't forget to honor the mother of computing, Ada #Lovelace. He framed his thoughts on #AI against her thoughts. So he certainly honored her.

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BBC NewsA Point of View: Will machines ever be able to think?The pursuit of "machine intelligence" has long interested computer scientists, but will machines ever think for themselves, ask Lisa Jardine.
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Here is my own contribution to this thread for #caturday: my fluffy #Lady #Ada #Lovelace has trapped my arm, expecting a brushing of the fur and a rubbing of the belly. (I expect blood circulation to pick up once she leaves.)

Sometimes the lays down the other way, impeding blood flow to the less-dominant hand.

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- Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace