Computer Chronicles

REPEAT [Computers and the Pentagon: Part 1] (8x19)

Uitzenddatum: Feb 05, 1991

A 1991 rebroadcast, during the first Gulf War, of an earlier program looking at the use of computer technology by the Defense Department. Includes coverage of flight simulators, expert systems and artificial intelligence used in weapons systems, military robots being developed at Carnegie Mellon University, research in the Strategic Defense Initiative program, and the relationship between Silicon Valley and DARPA. Guests include Gary Kildall and Raj Reddy. Originally broadcast in 1986. http://www.archive.org/details/pentagon1