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Post Tagged 'computer programming'

AI and the Return of Architectonic Labor

The free enterprise system’s greatest prophets saw the trade-off from the beginning. The division of labor generates unprecedented wealth while subjecting workers to menial labor that diminishes our personal and political capacities. Continue Reading...

Sr. Mary Kenneth Keller: Computer Programming Innovator

Emerging from the vibrant and innovative postwar years, the nascent discipline of computer science in America was attracting top talent in mathematics, engineering, and computational linguistics. Several schools were creating “computer science” programs by the 1950s and early ’60s. Continue Reading...