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American Innovations

Wondery

Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The development of smartphone Artificial Intelligence from early government research funding and the first experimental robot in Silicon Valley to the rise of the personal assistant known as Siri.

Note: This episode originally aired in September 2018.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American innovations, add free on Amazon music.
0:05.6	Download the app today.
0:07.0	It's 1982.
0:17.2	The school day is just ending in a public high school in Sharon, Massachusetts.
0:21.4	It's a small town less than 20 miles from Boston.
0:25.1	Attention students, all those wishing to join the computer club should report to the computer lab in 15 minutes.
0:31.8	Thank you.
0:33.1	This announcement gets the attention of Adam Chire.
0:36.7	He's a serious looking kid with brown bangs and a real interest in puzzles and building stuff.
0:42.6	A computer club is right up his alley.
0:45.7	His mom won't buy the fancy robots and other toys he sees on commercials between cartoons.
0:51.7	And so he builds his own versions out of cardboard.
0:55.2	And he can solve a Rubik's cube in less than a minute.
0:59.8	Chire has never used a computer before, but he figures a club would be a fun place to try.
1:05.4	He sets off a determined look on his face.
1:09.8	A few older kids are already hanging around the computers.
1:13.9	When Chire approaches, they stop talking.
1:17.2	Hi, I'm here to join the computer club.
1:20.1	It's not a club, kiddo.
1:21.3	It's a team.
1:22.3	It's serious.
1:23.5	We go up against other schools and competitions.
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