Luigi Federico Menabrea on AI
2 quotes from Luigi Federico Menabrea on the wall, 1842, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include Bibliothèque universelle de Genève.
The machine is not a thinking being
Menabrea, a Piedmontese military engineer, wrote this account of Babbage's Analytical Engine in French in 1842 after Babbage presented it in Turin. English from Ada Lovelace’s 1843 translation. Translated from French.
Bibliothèque universelle de GenèveNotions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage
Menabrea, a Piedmontese military engineer, described the uses of Babbage's Analytical Engine in this 1842 French memoir in the Bibliothèque universelle de Genève. English from Ada Lovelace’s 1843 translation. Translated from French.
Bibliothèque universelle de GenèveNotions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage