Article 2PJ0Y Man orders a pizza using a talking computer (1974)

Man orders a pizza using a talking computer (1974)

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Mark Frauenfelder
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In 1974 a man with a communications disorder made history when he ordered a pizza over the phone with a talking computer built by Michigan State University's Artificial Language Laboratory. He tried calling Dominoes four times, but they thought it was a prank and hung up on him. But another pizza delivery service took the order.

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