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Danny Hillis, an Uncommon card
William Daniel Hillis is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 34,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Danny Hillis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Danny Hillis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
More recently, Hillis co-founded Applied Minds, and Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of ______, scientists, and artists.
Answer
engineers. More recently, Hillis co-founded Applied Minds, and Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and artists. From the Danny Hillis article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Hillis was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in ____ for advances in parallel computers, parallel software, and parallel storage.
Answer
2000s. Hillis was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for advances in parallel computers, parallel software, and parallel storage. From the Danny Hillis article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of Research and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering.
- Hillis was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for advances in parallel computers, parallel software, and parallel storage.
- More recently, Hillis co-founded Applied Minds, and Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and artists.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Danny Hillis article was read about 34,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Danny Hillis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Danny Hillis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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