~300 BCEScience & Technology
Euclid Writes The Elements
Algorithms begin — step-by-step logical procedures
Euclid of Alexandria compiled The Elements, one of the most influential mathematical texts ever written.
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Science & Technology
Machines That Think
The improbable journey from counting beads to neural networks.
13 events~300 BCE — November 30, 2022
What began with Euclid writing down step-by-step proofs became, 2,300 years later, machines that can write poetry and pass bar exams. This timeline traces the thread from the earliest algorithms through mechanical calculators, electronic computers, the internet, and into the age of artificial intelligence. At each step, we ask: is the machine thinking, or merely computing?
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