Computers & I

This mirrors my experiences with these devices which, they say, might, in the form of AI, rule the world.  They might do a better job.  T’aint sayin’ much.  I don’t pretend to know a great deal, but here is my take (and history) with them, such as it is. Back in the 1960’s when I …

Computers – A Senior’s Journey

Being In my mid-80’s, I was born in the age of the abacus.  Processors (UNIVAC comes to mind) needed whole rooms, special ventilation, etc., all the while having considerably less computing power than today’s cellphones, or, for that matter, with most calculators.  My first brush with the big ones was in a course in grad …