Tomorrow: the thinking machine

A report on the only two known objects in the universe that seem capable of reasoning - the human brain and the electronic computer. Leading scientists display a computer that seems to learn as a child learns, writes a television play and plays draughts - and wins.

Credits

production company

CBS Television

producer

Thomas Wolf

co-director

Rene Bras

Nicholas Webster

Duration

00:52:40:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1960

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010806

Language

English

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Thought and thinking

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Thought and thinking

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Thought and thinking

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electronic intelligence

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1960

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