50, 100, 150 Years Ago; June 2012; Scientific American Magazine; by Daniel C. Schlenoff; 2 Page(s)
JUNE 1962
From Babbage to Google
“The possibility of applying machines of the digital-computer type to the twin problems of mechanical translation and information retrieval has spurred an increasing number of workers to reexamine language. If we could perfect a translating machine, a great stride would have been made toward removing language barriers. If we could perfect an information-retrieval machine, the wisdom accumulated in the libraries of the world would be more readily available.”
