• Multivac is a fictional supercomputer appearing in over a dozen science fiction stories by American writer Isaac Asimov. Asimov's depiction of Multivac...
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  • "Someday" (also Multivac series), "Point of View" (also Multivac series), "Think!" (also Multivac series), "True Love" (also Multivac series), "Robot...
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    The Last Question (category Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov)
    concerning a fictional computer called Multivac. Through successive generations, humanity questions Multivac on the subject of entropy. The story blends...
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  • Dead Past" (1956), novelette, a Multivac story "The Foundation of S.F. Success" (1954), poem "Franchise" (1955), a Multivac story "Gimmicks Three" (1956)...
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  • introduced the Three Laws of Robotics in many stories, most notably with the "Multivac" super-intelligent computer. Asimov's laws are often brought up during...
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  • novelette, Robot series "The Life and Times of Multivac" (New York Times Magazine, [Sunday] 5 January 1975), Multivac series "The Winnowing" (Analog, February...
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  • (1956), also Multivac series Some Immobile Robots "Point of View" (1975), also Multivac series "Think!" (1977) "True Love" (1977), also Multivac series Some...
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  • (1961), a Multivac story "Eyes Do More Than See" (1965) "The Martian Way" (1952) "Franchise" (1955), a Multivac story "Jokester" (1956), a Multivac story...
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  • They Had" (1951) "The Last Question" (1956), Multivac series "The Dead Past" (1956), novelette, Multivac series "The Dying Night" (1956), novelette, Wendell...
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  • All the Troubles of the World (category Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov)
    Asimov concerning the fictional supercomputer Multivac. The story was adapted into a short movie in 1978. Multivac, the world's largest supercomputer, is given...
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  • The Machine That Won the War (short story) (category Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov)
    normal procedures. John Henderson, Multivac's Chief Programmer, admits that he altered the data being fed to Multivac, since the populace could not be trusted...
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    Anniversary (short story) (category Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov)
    loosely connected series of stories by Asimov about the supercomputer Multivac. Warren Moore and Mark Brandon are two of the three survivors of the wreck...
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  • "The Life and Times of Multivac" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the 5 January 1975 issue...
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  • Troubles of the World", part of the Multivac series "Spell My Name with an S" "The Last Question", loosely part of the Multivac series "The Ugly Little Boy"...
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  • Jokester (category Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov)
    loosely connected series of stories concerning a fictional computer called Multivac. Noel Meyerhof is a "Grand Master", one of a small cadre of Earth's recognised...
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    recurring character Multivac, a supercomputer entrusted with analyzing and finding solutions to the world's problems, is asked "Multivac, what do you yourself...
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  • Probability Zero series "Frustration" (1991) "Hallucination" (1985), novelette, Multivac series "The Instability" (1989) "Alexander the God" (1989) "In the Canyon"...
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  • Science Fiction), Multivac series "My Son, the Physicist" (first published in February 1962 issue of Scientific American), Multivac series "Eyes Do More...
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    Franchise (short story) (category Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov)
    "electronic democracy" where the computer Multivac selects a single person to answer a number of questions. Multivac will then use the answers and other data...
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  • and can invent machines that grant various psionic abilities, such as "Multivac", a mutant locater capable of monitoring the psionic levels of mutants;...
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    federal funding. Examples of supercomputers in fiction include HAL 9000, Multivac, The Machine Stops, GLaDOS, The Evitable Conflict, Vulcan's Hammer, Colossus...
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  • Question (short story) (category Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov)
    concerning a fictional supercomputer called Multivac. The story concerns two technicians who are servicing Multivac, and their argument over whether or not...
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    Microvac and Multivac in Isaac Asimov's The Last Question (1959) Universal AC, a future version of Galactic AC, Microvac, and Multivac in Isaac Asimov's...
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    perfect, at last." Multivac is the name of a fictional supercomputer in many stories by Isaac Asimov. Often, in Asimov's scenarios, Multivac comes to assume...
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  • Point of View (short story) (category Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov)
    concerning a fictional computer called Multivac. Roger's father works with a supercomputer called a Multivac, which has been malfunctioning lately as...
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  • (1959) "Founding Father" (1965) "Exile to Hell" (1968) "Key Item" (1968), Multivac series "The Proper Study" (1968) "2430 A.D." (1970) "The Greatest Asset"...
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  • series "The Fun They Had" (1951) "Franchise" (1955), Multivac series "The Last Question" (1956), Multivac series "Profession" (1957), novella "The Ugly Little...
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  • showing how the level-set method can be used to model real-life phenomena. Multivac is a C++ library for front tracking in 2D with level-set methods. James...
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  • elections have evolved until the entire decision is based on one man chosen by Multivac. The premise of Garson Kanin’s 1939 movie The Great Man Votes is also very...
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  • Regulation of artificial intelligence Artificial wisdom Grey goo HAL 9000 Multivac Open Letter on Artificial Intelligence Three Laws of Robotics Toronto Declaration...
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