How many electronic devices, regardless of form or function, have you owned in, say, the past five years? Are they still functional? What drawer, crawlspace, or dump are they in now? I purchased my home PC back in 2004, and although I’ve replaced the monitor (once), the printer (twice), and recently the mouse, the guts are still good.
Although I’m a bit of a Luddite, I do try to follow tech issues, such as artificial intelligence, or AI. While reading and ruminating about AI, a name from the past popped up: John von Neumann, one of the 20th century’s greatest mathematicians, physicists and computing pioneers.
