The Thinking Machine escapes
May. 15th, 2006 10:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmcirvinJason Rosenhouse is right: Jacques Futrelle's "The Problem of Cell 13" is a hell of a story, though parts of the resolution stretch credibility a little.
One thing I find interesting is that the notion of a "thinking machine" was well-established enough that the phrase could be used as a character nickname in 1906. I wouldn't have expected it to come up until decades later.
One thing I find interesting is that the notion of a "thinking machine" was well-established enough that the phrase could be used as a character nickname in 1906. I wouldn't have expected it to come up until decades later.