Richard Feynman Joins Danny Hillis to Build the Connection Machine
Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine
I recall when Richard Feynman first dismissed my plan to build a parallel computer with a million processors as the dopiest idea he had ever heard. Yet, his curiosity led him to join my startup, Thinking Machines Corporation, where he tackled the complex router design and helped organize our chaotic team. Drawing on his Los Alamos experience, he transformed our group dynamics and championed unconventional applications like neural networks, proving that even the craziest ideas deserve a chance.
That is positively the dopiest idea I ever heard.
- ryandvm
I'm a huge fan of Feynman and his autobiographies - some of my favorite books. There are a number of YouTube videos that purport to be Feynman's audio lectures, but they're actually AI generated readings of his script. Against my better instincts I listened to a couple and it was surreal experience.
On one hand, they were actually pretty decent simulacra and I loved hearing Feynman's voice and mannerisms; but on the other hand, they... weren't... real. What am I even listening to?
We are in for a weird future.
- lang4d
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915709 one of the Connection Machines is in Jurassic Park. Really neat article!
- quirkot
banging on the door like a madman where's the clock? where's the clock we all donated money for? tell us about the clock you cowards!