Byline: David Skogerboe
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Who needs 1500 words as a means of science communication?
If there is one thing that we, as a community of historians and philosophers of science and the humanities, are acutely aware of, it is that scientific practices are often intertwined with other practices such as artisanal or artistic practices. For many of us, the recognition of this intertwinement forms an important reference point in…
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Spacewar! Early A.I. Research and the World’s First Video Game
“Can machines think?” Posed by Alan Turing in his 1950 paper “Computing, Machinery, and Intelligence,” this question remains debated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers and philosophers of science to this day. In this seminal paper, Turing introduced the world to the Imitation Game, also known as the Turing Test, which challenges an “interrogator” to differentiate…
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Turning Tides: Flow
Dear readers, We are very happy to introduce ourselves as the new editorial team of Shells and Pebbles! With great enthusiasm we will be taking over from Jeroen, Iris, Jorrit and Sjang. First of all, we would like to thank the outgoing editors. We appreciate their work enormously and hope to carry on their legacy…