David Williams

Human. Husband. Father. Writer.

Author of weekly newsletter, "A Short Distance Ahead" An absurd attempt to chart humanity's pursuit of machine minds.

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An invitation to join my absurd attempt to chart humanity's pursuit of machine minds. https://t.co/7PF0VQHuBp

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My recent guest Commentary: Can Machines Think? https://t.co/Gwg0gF8Cbo via @thephilacitizen

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: My Personal AI Winter https://t.co/hk6RpV0uIG via @LinkedIn

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Looking forward to @turinginst 's celebration of the 75th anniversary of Alan Turing's seminal paper.

I started writing A Short Distance Ahead over 14 months ago — it’s a project of 75 essays over 75 years, one for each year in that history. https://t.co/lHPEYFw9pQ

[Association for Computing Machinery @TheOfficialACM]

This year marks the 75th anniversary of Alan Turing’s “Computing Machinery and Intelligence," the paper that introduced the famous Turing Test.

On October 2, 2025, the Royal Society and the Web Science Institute, co-sponsored by ACM, will host a landmark celebration at The Royal Society, London (12:30–7pm UTC).

Hear from leading voices including Alan Kay, Gary Marcus, Sir Nigel Shadbolt, and Dame Wendy Hall. Join panels on Turing’s vision, the Test’s relevance today, and the future of AI.

Don’t miss this historic event. https://t.co/FqUMMR3IQY

#TuringTest75 #AI #ACM

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@TheOfficialACM Very excited for this event. I've been tracking one year at a time over the last 14 months leading up to the 75th anniversary: https://t.co/7PF0VQGWLR

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How to Break Up with Your Phone Without the Guilt https://t.co/TQrpAfvXxW via @thephilacitizen

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The Year Was 1979 and The Walkman entered the world. In this week's essay, we take some inspiration from @Si_Adler and present it in classic cassette tape fashion. @Radiolab

The Year Was 1979 https://t.co/zUUUi38mY5

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The Year Was 1979 https://t.co/zUUUi38mY5

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The Year Was 1978 https://t.co/Y4dTgYEFZI

[The Philadelphia Citizen @thephilacitizen]

Congratulations to Frankford-born-and-raised writer Joseph Earl Thomas for winning The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Get to know the acclaimed author here:
https://t.co/xV5XAlnYRD

[The Center for Fiction @Center4Fiction]

Congratulations are in order for Joseph Earl Thomas (@jetvgc), author of GOD BLESS YOU, OTIS SPUNKMEYER, and winner of The Center for Fiction’s 2024 First Novel Prize!

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The Year Was 1959 and this week we look back to the 'secret origins to modern computing' - a nod to Ch. 4 of @MichaelJKanaan's T-MINUS AI https://t.co/BByplpPCHa

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Check out my latest article: The Year Was 1954 https://t.co/cwSDtmxLbb via @LinkedIn

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The Year Was 1954 https://t.co/I0HrbLUHcU

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The Year Was 1950. A question was posed by one of the two and a half billion humans inhabiting the planet at that time: Can machines think?

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The Year Was 1950 https://t.co/k7DXr4JVzh

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I'm humbled and excited to have been accepted into @futurescapes Fall Workshop where I'll be learning from @FondaJLee and some of the best in sci-fi and speculative fiction.

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Thank you @NK_Adjei and @DanielTorday for such incredible readings and a great discussion. 🙏

[Nana K. @NK_Adjei]

Pulling up to 30th Street now