Retrospective Technological Mythmaking: Media Discourses of Furby and Artificial Intelligence
Recent articles suggesting the late-1990s animatronic children’s toy, Furby, was promoted and perceived as true Artificial Intelligence in 1998-99 are not wholly accurate. In examining 130 North American news stories, Furby is often accurately described as only imitating machine learning. This paper...
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Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis |
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| Online Access: | https://account.tmgonline.nl/index.php/up-j-tmgjmh/article/view/849 |