The missing MIT secretary! The unsung heroes behind the history of chatbots, and how simple programs raise ethical controversies in artificial intelligence
On a cold, blizzard-filled winter day, the collections and archives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) seemed particularly peaceful. This silence seems to be deepening as the snow falls and accumulates. Rebecca Roach, a senior lecturer in contemporary literature at the University of Birmingham, was the only person left in the archives with the … Read more