By the Middle of the Seventeenth Century,all of the Following

question 94

Multiple Choice

By the middle of the seventeenth century,all of the following developments had occurred that would later coalesce to create a major current in the modern field of artificial intelligence EXCEPT for which of the following?

• A) the ability to perform mathematical calculations using fixed rules
• B) the ability to convert the difference machine into the analytical engine
• C) the ability to perform some calculations mechanically
• D) the recognition that mathematical calculation processes resembled human rational thought in general

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