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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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Minuteman and Integrated Circuits: The Government Procurement Bet That Accelerated Silicon

Minuteman II turned military procurement into demand for integrated circuits at production scale, helping move microelectronics from experimental devices toward an industrial market.

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