THE LIVING ARCHIVE

From punched cards to autonomous collaborators: the ideas, people, languages and systems that taught machines to follow—and increasingly interpret—human intent.

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Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad and the Birth of Direct Graphical Interaction

Sketchpad let a user draw, constrain, copy and manipulate geometric objects directly on a computer display, demonstrating a new form of conversation between human and machine.

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