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American Innovations
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🗓️ 13 September 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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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.
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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. |
| 0:14.5 | 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. |
| 0:24.9 | Attention, students. |
| 0:26.9 | All those wishing to join the computer club should report to the computer lab in 15 minutes. |
| 0:31.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:32.9 | This announcement gets the attention of Adam Chire. |
| 0:37.0 | He's a serious looking kid with brown bangs and a real interest in puzzles and building |
| 0:42.0 | stuff. |
| 0:43.0 | A computer club is right up his alley. |
| 0:46.1 | His mom won't buy the fancy robots and other toys he sees on commercials between cartoons. |
| 0:52.0 | And so he builds his own versions out of cardboard. |
| 0:55.7 | And he can solve a Rubik's cube in less than a minute. |
| 1:00.0 | Chire has never used a computer before, but he figures a club would be a fun place to |
| 1:04.3 | try. |
| 1:05.7 | He sets off a determined look on his face. |
| 1:10.0 | A few older kids are already hanging around the computers. |
| 1:14.2 | When Chire approaches, they stop talking. |
| 1:17.0 | Hi, I'm here to join the computer club. |
| 1:20.2 | It's not a club, you know. |
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