Finding humanity in a computer lab
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Sarah Hutton of Village Books in Bellingham, Wash."The Unseen World" tells the story of Ada, a young girl homeschooled by her father, David, in his computer lab. She grows up in a world of experiments and grad students."It's the 1980s, so computers aren't really doing a whole lot of anything yet," Hutton explained. The lab is attempting to teach a computer to hold a conversation, like a human would."They end up having a program that all of the people can talk…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.