Cambria Stories (Page 12)

AI and the Future 5

The idea of superhuman intelligence residing in mechanical devices is a very old one. It is a very common trope in Science Fiction. We will examine the thoughts of one of the giants of that field—Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008).

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Artificial Intelligence 4 min read

AI and the Future - 6

In 1955 John McCarthy, an assistant professor at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, organised a group “To clarify and develop ideas about ‘Thinking Machines’.” The following year, he coined the term “Artificial Intelligence”, now shortened to AI.

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Artificial Intelligence 4 min read

FORTUNE AND FAME. Poster Boy

Some individuals achieve such fame for their contribution to history, that they are capable of identification by just a single name.

Fortune and Fame 15 min read

THE SUFFRAGETTES IN WALES

Lady Rhondda, the only daughter of the immensely wealthy industrialist and politician DA Thomas and Sybil Haig Thomas of Llanwern, was the secretary of the Newport branch of the suffragette Women's Social and Political Union.

Politicians of Wales 4 min read

THE WELSH IN AMERICAN POLITICS

The Welsh have had a huge influence in the USA, with Hillary Clinton as the latest manifestation. Many of them were influential as industrial managers and many in the foundation of the state.

Politicians of Wales 8 min read

Politicians of Wales - 19th century

William Ewart Gladstone was born in Liverpool. He had no roots in Wales. He went to school at Eton and went to Oxford in 1828.

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Politicians of Wales 7 min read

Politicians of Wales - 17th Century

Although Oliver Cromwell only visited Wales twice, once to suppress several thousand of its rebellious inhabitants, then once en route to Ireland, he was, by descent, a Welshman.

Politicians of Wales 6 min read

Politicians of Wales - THE 16TH CENTURY

One historian said that if you went to any Welsh market town in Elizabethan times, you would see women in the market who looked like Elizabeth 1, auburn hair and sharp features.

Politicians of Wales 7 min read

Politicians of Wales - Introduction

Essays and illustrations about politicians from Wales or with Welsh ancestry who have had a very wide range of impacts on history and who date from the sixteenth century to today.

Politicians of Wales 6 min read

Mary Jones 1864

So much has attached itself to Mary Jones that it is hard to disentangle myth and reality. But what is undoubtedly true is that, for a while, she was the most famous Welsh woman throughout the developing world.

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Grave Tales from Wales 8 min read

The murder of Sara Hughes 1877

It may have happened over 100 years ago but the memory of such events lies fresh in small communities. They don’t much like outsiders poking about, opening up old wounds, parading the kind of shame that a village doesn’t need, even after all these years.

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Grave Tales from Wales 9 min read

The Murders of Charles and Mary Thomas 1909

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Grave Tales from Wales 7 min read