4 LADY LOVELACE WAS WRONG
Machines today can do things that we cannot do or even understand, thanks to their ability to learn them autonomously from experience. This makes them suitable to operate in domains for which we have no theory, and may be the main advantage they have over traditional methods.
THE LADY AND THE MACHINE: FROM NOTE G TO MOVE 37
London, 1843
In 1843, Lady Ada Lovelace had just finished translating into English a technical treatise by Luigi Menabrea, which was based on the lessons of her friend Charles Babbage, and decided to add some ideas of her own. Even before mentioning the topic of her work, this story may sound implausible due to the exceptional individuals involved.
Babbage was a prototypical ...
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