XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 22:03:49 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
      
   > On 6/03/2026 9:35 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2026-03-06 10:00, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 5/03/2026 11:33 pm, Jasen Betts wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-03-05, Daniel70  wrote:   
   >>>>> On 5/03/2026 7:25 am, Paul wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Wed, 3/4/2026 6:12 AM, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 4/03/2026 8:24 pm, wasbit wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 03/03/2026 12:52, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> snip < Thank you, Paul. I think I prefer HI (Human Intelligence)   
   >>>>>>>>> rather than AI (Artificial Intelligence).   
   >>>>>>>>> ;-P   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> AI stands for Artificial Insemination. You can't Artificial   
   >>>>>>>> Intelligence a cow!   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> AH!! Of course. Is that why people now speak of "LLM"   
   >>>>>>> instead??   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> They use LLM-AI to signify "this is not the final or real one".   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> An AI that achieves Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is the   
   >>>>>> one that will join the "exclusive AI club".   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The first AI I ran into, was a port of ELIZA.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Initial release   1966   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 1966?? You have GOT to be joking!! 1996, yeah, maybe, but 1966,   
   >>>>> No Way!!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> '66? Sounds legit.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There were computers before UNIX, and languages before C   
   >>>>   
   >>> Oh, sure, there were computers back in WWII-times .... just I've never   
   >>> considered them in more widespread than Defence-type usage.   
   >>   
   >> 66 is not WWII times. It is the times of the Apolo missions,   
   >   
   > Of course!! Of course!!   
   >   
   > Gee Whiz. I just hate it when someone shoots me down in flames ....   
   > soooo easily!!   
      
   My first programming class was in '66, FORTRAN IV on an IBM System   
   360/30.  There were a few schools like Dartmouth that had started   
   fledgling CS programs but this wasn't seen as a career path, only another   
   tool to be used like our slide rules. There was also an analog computer   
   lab just in case. Except in niche applications analog was on the way out.   
      
   Good things never die and analog is showing some promise in neuromorphic   
   applications. After all the brain is an electrochemical analog device.   
      
   As for Eliza, there were CP/M versions running on 8080 and Z80 machines in   
   the late '70s.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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