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The first public discussion of the Colossus came several years earlier, in a paper by I. J. "Jack" Good, "Some Future Social Repercussions of Computers," in the journal
<i>International Journal of Environmental Studies</i> 1 (1970), 67-79. Good worked at Bletchley, although that was not known at the time. His paper talked about the evolution of generations of computers to a point where it would spontaneously say "Cogito Ergo
Sum," and then shortly thereafter "I am that I am" (Book of Exodus, King James edition). Good's ideas also found their way into
<i>2001, a Space Odyssey</i>_ where he served as a consultant to Kubrick.</div>
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I came across the paper a year or two later at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City. </div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Dag Spicer <dspicer@computerhistory.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 7, 2022 11:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michael Roy Williams <mwilliam@ucalgary.ca>; Brian Randell <brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk>; Doron Swade <doron.swade@blueyonder.co.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ceruzzi, Paul <CeruzziP@si.edu>; don knuth <knuth-bug@cs.stanford.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Here it is!</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Los Alamos Conference… 1976.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Brian, as I’m sure you recall, you and Doc Coombs were the smash hit of the entire thing.</span></p>
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My mini-blog: <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcomputerhistory.org%2Fblog%2Fcomputings-woodstock%2F&data=05%7C01%7CCeruzziP%40si.edu%7C519a38b0e90e4bfeebd408da48981cae%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637902115396854574%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=IMwvoy2wvX2%2BByeYIicwVrFXk5gTkg8nAh2wGILjTaE%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://computerhistory.org/blog/computings-woodstock/" shash="DS20dDATjqV9cw4DP+lwAcoRtOtJP1KY1wnFp0EXv+8xtgvf31rzkZ0BRzw0oLVE5p8RzpLaYDr+TDK/Sm0hbZhleaOgXnf27aj9HJQNMDwDH3cZtFzLI+/+pFw8bs1vM+0XNNGDoeCgd9RUbSgz7IN7CKqkSGWHxw3FlKqD36E=">
https://computerhistory.org/blog/computings-woodstock/</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The playlist of lectures: <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcomputerhistory.org%2Fplaylists%2Finternational-research-conference-on-the-history-of-computing%2F&data=05%7C01%7CCeruzziP%40si.edu%7C519a38b0e90e4bfeebd408da48981cae%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637902115396854574%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=32z2GbFoaMJ6PiU7DSqPCSDhmenJIIxM67b0jYa833U%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://computerhistory.org/playlists/international-research-conference-on-the-history-of-computing/" shash="pt51eroUEw25+g+HVR90uFfbvl+IN194EvPSezmMeI8ilyXf1hnMFBGp2kPIFwnykZcStRoCsqCPACJXxDyMDIxiNkwQbweiGlnfbkt8kKWVZDMd6zPv1WXPYTcqAUzWvOD3oBGV5NweLZU8fu6AFNWiP40dqqs3yGUcrGQF4/Q=">
https://computerhistory.org/playlists/international-research-conference-on-the-history-of-computing/</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(I hope it isn’t too irreverent to call it Woodstock… I tried to say something modern… the joke’s on me I suppose since Woodstock happened *<b>before</b>* the conference and is hardly considered modern anymore,
albeit it did foreshadow some features of modernity).<br>
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Please let me know your thoughts… if you so wish.</span></p>
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Dag</span></p>
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<span style="background:white">Visit online! </span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerhistory.org%2Frevolution%2F&data=05%7C01%7CCeruzziP%40si.edu%7C519a38b0e90e4bfeebd408da48981cae%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637902115396854574%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=f7BirnUP54GHncHmZd8AjqH6xpDLMALd2avhuUJvtlk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/" shash="wg1pQfXt1Dqhc5Fjhs6fEYa+8Kc8DxxuwKWFQO5/F8AhcuVdpNC8LTx22wZFBSYxxRHfGZ3qJ7+VflM9MM0by9Kb8lInAWWx+myrtksRm3Cx8qZnQRwbjZa/Fq4SAby21Llt0f73BcxlgaagjJEjL0pHpg3755qyLIvHm03a/HM=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue-Medium",sans-serif; color:#0563C1">http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/</span></a></span></p>
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