Gordon Pask His Maverick Machines
Gordon Pask His Maverick Machines
This chapter focuses on the early period of Gordon Pask’s life, tracing the development of his research from his days as a Cambridge undergraduate to the period in the late 1950s when his work started to have an impact internationally. It describes three of his maverick machines: Musicolour, a sound-actuated interactive light show; SAKI, a keyboard-skill training machine; and an electrochemical device that grew an “ear.” It assesses the value of these machines, fifty years after they were built, in particular, the maverick ideas that they embody.
Keywords: intelligent machines, Musicolour, light show, SAKI, keyboard-skill training machine, electrochemical device, maverick machines
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