SoC #5: The Computer Was Only a Transition
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The age of the computer is ending. The age of human intention is beginning.
SoC #5: The Computer Was Only a Transition The age of the computer is ending. The age of human intention is beginning. Houda Nait El Barj Apr 17, 2026 11 5 Share AGI is coming for the interface. Not for the vibes. In 1955, as IBM prepared to introduce its first “computing machine” to France, the company turned to the Sorbonne with a linguistic dilemma: What should one call such a thing in French? Jacques Perret, a professor of classics, responded with a small philological gem. In English there was the computer —a prosaic description of a machine that computes. A faster calculator. Perret propo
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