basic electronics / electricity / computational symbol processing engines / physical symbol processors / controlled machine tools / call such symbol-changing software / physical device / bank / Subsequent applications / symbol-processing systems / mechanical devices / effector systems / machinery / electronics / parallel processing / rule applications / chemicals / sculpted steel / /
Organization
MIT / University of Toronto / Stanford University Stanford / New College / /
Person
John von Neumann / Karen Nilsson / Derek Sleeman / Martin Gardner / Terry Winograd / Scott Joplin / John Conway / Herman Hollerith / Jacob Bronowski / Nils J. Nilsson / John Searle / Robert Eustis / /
Position
semi-conductor / nuclear physicist / chef / poet / sufficiently careful scientist / player / mathematician / programmer / /
ProvinceOrState
California / New York / Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
Scientific American / /
Technology
laser / central processor / artificial intelligence / physical symbol processors / parallel processing / three-bridge technology / /
FANTASY, COMPUTATION, AND REALITY1 Nils J. Nilsson Computer Science Department Stanford University Stanford, CADecember 14, 1985