Quote: a program is an extrapolation of its human creator; like Maelzel's chess player box

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Edgar Allan Poe wrote a short article … describing the very famous Maelzel's chess player which … it turns out, of course, that it worked … I say to my students, "Look, you are … this box … You are to be the 'little person' there … You are to talk and emulate your true … "The program is the message. The user who … or more human beings into these procedures." …   Google-1   Google-2

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