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Bruce Sterling @bruces

They were made out of hinged metal strips and had motors, but were already called "thinking machines" -electronic

@bruces More like "knowing machines" in the original Italian. While "thinking machines" feels more natural in English, the original meaning is something that has a strong connotation of "cognitive machines"" or "knowledge machines".