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Type: Biographical profile / exhibit page
File Size: 1.42 MB
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This document appears to be a biographical profile or introduction page (numbered 120) regarding computer scientist Danny Hillis. It details his history at MIT, his relationship with physicist Richard Feynman, and the founding of Thinking Machines Corporation and Applied Invention. The page bears the Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016923, indicating it is part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation files, likely regarding Jeffrey Epstein's connections to scientists and the 'Edge' community, though Epstein is not explicitly named on this specific page.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Danny Hillis Subject
Computer scientist, entrepreneur, founder of Thinking Machines Corporation and Applied Invention.
Richard Feynman Associate/Employee
Celebrated physicist who critiqued Hillis's idea but later worked for Thinking Machines Corporation.

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
MIT
Danny Hillis's undergraduate university
Computer History Museum
Location of Hillis's Tinkertoy computer
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Where Hillis was a graduate student
Thinking Machines Corporation
Company founded by Danny Hillis
Applied Invention
Latest company established by Danny Hillis

Timeline (2 events)

Early 1980s
Danny Hillis designs the Connection Machine and founds Thinking Machines Corporation.
MIT
Unknown (incorporation day)
Richard Feynman joins Thinking Machines Corporation on the day it was incorporated.
Unknown

Locations (1)

Location Context
Location of the Computer History Museum

Relationships (1)

Danny Hillis Professional/Colleague Richard Feynman
Feynman worked for Hillis's company Thinking Machines Corporation after initially criticizing the idea.

Key Quotes (3)

"That is positively the dopiest idea I ever heard."
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"Our thinking machines are more than metaphors."
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"The question is not, ‘Will they be powerful enough to hurt us?’ (they will), or whether they will always act in our best interests (they won’t), but whether over the long term they can help us find our way—where we come out on the Panacea/Apocalypse continuum."
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