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Invention and Innovation: A Brief History
A sweeping look at key inventions, from stone tools and the wheel to the transistor and the web, and how each innovation builds on those that came before.
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Technology and Computing
Inventions, the internet and artificial intelligence.
Can Computers Really Think?
Whether computation amounts to thinking is still debated. This balanced look covers Turing's test, the Chinese room argument and what current science can say.
Exploring the World of Artificial Intelligence
What artificial intelligence is, how machine learning works in outline, and the range of everyday and specialized uses, along with its main limits and risks.
How Does the Internet Work?
A plain-language tour of how the internet works: packets, IP addresses, routers, DNS and servers, and what happens when you open a web page.
Is It Possible to Live Without Technology?
Could people live without technology? It depends on the definition: from fire and tools to modern devices, here is what going without would really involve.
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