Bell Labs

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 14, 2015 by Evan Macmillan · said 18 times in 8 episodes since 2013 · across every show →

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Sep 14, 2015 positive
Assertion Supported
A 1952 Bell Labs voice system reached 97-99% accuracy
“Actually the, ah, the recognition rate of this machine was 97 to 99%.”
Evan Macmillan Sep 14, 2015 ▶ 10:08 Evan Macmillan, Gridspace // How Machines Enter The Conversation (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
May 31, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
Wiggins: Early US computing was funded by intelligence for data processing
“That story had its own mirror on the other side of the Atlantic in Bell Labs, and how Bell Labs played a crucial role in scaling up code breaking as a computational problem that pairs Bell Labs with the nascent intelligence community, which goes on to fund IBM…”
Chris Wiggins May 31, 2023 ▶ 10:34 A Conversation with Chris Wiggins - Author of "How Data Happened"
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