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W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
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American computer scientist
William Daniel Hillis is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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American supercomputer and AI firm (1983–1994)
Thinking Machines Corporation was a supercomputer manufacturer and artificial intelligence (AI) company, founded in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1983 by Sheryl Handler and W. Daniel "Danny" Hillis to turn Hillis's doctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)