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Oliver Selfridge, a Common card
Oliver Gordon Selfridge was a British-American mathematician and computer scientist who pioneered the early foundations of modern artificial intelligence.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 53
- DEF
- 31
- Power
- 84
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 84 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Oliver Selfridge quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Oliver Selfridge card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has been called the "Father of ______ Perception."
Answer
Machine. He has been called the "Father of Machine Perception." From the Oliver Selfridge article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He is mostly known for his ____ paper, Pandemonium: A Paradigm For Learning describing what's now known as the Pandemonium Architecture.
Answer
1950s. He is mostly known for his 1959 paper, Pandemonium: A Paradigm For Learning describing what's now known as the Pandemonium Architecture. From the Oliver Selfridge 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 is mostly known for his 1959 paper, Pandemonium: A Paradigm For Learning describing what's now known as the Pandemonium Architecture.
- He has been called the "Father of Machine Perception."
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Oliver Selfridge article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 53 and blocks with 31: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Oliver Selfridge
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Oliver Selfridge (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Daderot, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
