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“Machines à comparer les idées” of Semen Korsakov: First step towards AI

Ch. 5. P. 71–86.
Shilov V., Silantiev S.

Paper is devoted to forgotten Russian scholar Semen Korsakov and describes his life and scientific activity. The particular attention is paid to Korsakov’s main achievement – invention of five “intellectual machines”. These machines could be considered as the very first attempt to design a mechanical device capable to perform such intellectual operations as data analysis, comparison, and selection.

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Keywords: «logical machine»Semen Korsakovintellectual machineHomeoscopeIdeoscopeComparator

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International Communities of Invention and Innovation. IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference on the History of Computing, HC 2016, Brooklyn, NY, USA, May 25-29, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
International Communities of Invention and Innovation. IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference on the History of Computing, HC 2016, Brooklyn, NY, USA, May 25-29, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Vol. 491. , Cham: Springer, 2016.
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