The math-solving horse who fooled scientists still haunts AI research
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#778V9)
In early 1900s Germany, a math teacher named Wilhelm von Osten toured the country withClever Hans, a horse who could apparently add, subtract, multiply, divide, tell time, and answer questions like "If the eighth day of the month comes on a Tuesday, what is the date of the following Friday?" - Read the rest
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