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Word: computerize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The smaller, lighter, single-engine F-16 is much different-"a fighter pilot's airplane," says Air Force Colonel James Rider, chief of the F-16 test program. At $8 million the F-16 is half as expensive as the big F-15 and much more maneuverable. Although the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: War at 33 Miles a Minute | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

We are still in control, but the capabilities of computers are increasing at a fantastic rate, while raw human intelligence is changing slowly, if at all. Computer power is growing exponentially; it has increased tenfold every eight years since 1946. Four generations of computer evolution-vacuum tubes, transistors, simple integrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Toward an Intelligence Beyond Man's | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

By that time, ultra-intelligent machines will be working in partnership with our best minds on all the serious problems of the day, in an unbeatable combination of brute reasoning power and human intuition. What happens after that? Dartmouth President John Kemeny, a pioneer in computer usage, sees the ultimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Toward an Intelligence Beyond Man's | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

Computer intelligence is growing by leaps and bounds, with no natural limit in sight. But human evolution is a nearly finished chapter in the history of life. The human brain has not changed, at least in gross size, in the past 100,000 years, and while the organization of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Toward an Intelligence Beyond Man's | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

One of these, identified by Mobil in its U.S. suit, was H.R. Hirsch, formerly titled "exploration manager-technical," who left with a "specific and detailed knowledge of oil and gas prospects." That put Hirsch in a position to save Superior much time and money by telling which areas looked promising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Superior Seduction | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

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