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Whither Daisy?

28 August, 2008 (03:57) | History, Movies, Tech

Why “Daisy” in 2001: A Space Odyssey?

Possibly because a Bell Labs computer sang it years earlier, in a demo of voice synthesis and voice recognition.

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Comment from Uncle Al
Time: August 28, 2008, 12:04 pm

“No heuristically programmed algorithmic computer left behind”

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