Computer And The Mind Of Man Pt 3, The Universal Machine (1962)
1962 · Short film · 29 min · dir. Richard Moore
Synopsis
Explains that the computer is a universal machine in that it is capable of doing whatever man is capable of instructing it to do. Shows how decisions from a computer depend on data and instructions put into it. Discusses the problem of a universal machine language." A.L. Samuel from IBM describes his checkers-playing computer program. UC's Ernest Koenigsberg of CEIR; Also with J. P. Eckert; Richard Hamming; Fred Gruenberger; Thomas Barron, Shell Development Corp; Charles R. DeCarlo, Director of Education at IBM. Short sequence with R.G. Davis, founder of SF Mime Troupe.
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- Director
- Richard Moore
- Running time
- 29 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- computer history
Cast & crew
Richard Moore Director
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