if I understand, we trace things back to the 'creator'
Shannon created the digital circuit.
humans create A.I.
A.I. takes over and self replicates, wipes out humans and becomes the dominant 'life' form.
their 'Creator' is Claude Shannon........
dave-in-nj:
Shannon created the digital circuit.
I thought he was a software guy?
...R
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory". Shannon is noted for having founded information theory with a landmark paper, A Mathematical Theory of Communication, that he published in 1948. Wikipedia
Turing has primacy afaik.
According to the Arduino Forum, Shannon is 4 levels up from God:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=50052.msg356970#msg356970
pert:
According to the Arduino Forum, Shannon is 4 levels up from God:
Thanks. I could not remember the order.
...R
pert:
According to the Arduino Forum, Shannon is 4 levels up from God:
Not a God member any more - #6 by DojoDave - Website and Forum - Arduino Forum
I never got my flowers.
Machines will rewrite history the same as humans.
History is always written by the victors.
...R
Shannon is my son's "baby-mama". Far from heaven, she is.
Yogurt.
Yoda... 
I am sorry for him. So much money earned and does not have a new coat.
Budvar10:
Yoda...
I am sorry for him. So much money earned and does not have a new coat.
Happiness is wanting what you have rather than having what you want 
...R
Robin2:
Happiness is wanting what you have rather than having what you want...R
That must sound real good in soup lines and homeless shelters.
GoForSmoke:
That must sound real good in soup lines and homeless shelters.
It was written in response to Reply #11 - which was certainly not about soup lines.
I am sure I hope you will have the discrimination not to use it next time you help at a homeless shelter.
...R
Hi,
Where do the "Babbage" and "Lovelace" levels fit in?
Tom...
TomGeorge:
Hi,
Where do the "Babbage" and "Lovelace" levels fit in?Tom...
Just below Pascal.
Pascal? It is not there.
Wait, max. level is "send that person flowers". Just above "Brattain" but no one will get it when I see some people's counters. 
@AWOL
You have to spent a lot of time on forum. I'll get there in 120 years by my pace.
Does George Boole have a spot?
de Morgan?