Connection Machine
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Sep 18, 2026
Benjamin LawHOST
Mel, nowadays there's a lot of anxiety around AI, but AI isn't as new as we think it is.
Benjamin LawHOST
Tell me about one of the computers in this collection, the Connection Machine CM-2, and how it was wrestling with AI 40 years ago.
Mel Huang-BuntineGUEST
I think it...
Mel Huang-BuntineGUEST
People will be surprised to see a, a supercomputer in the exhibition because we talk about this exhibition being kind of a love letter to the personal computer, but the Connection Machine was really, um, unique in the way that it was designed.
Mel Huang-BuntineGUEST
And so it's designed by a product designer called Tamiko Thiel, and she designed it to be, um, I guess, part of the family.
Mel Huang-BuntineGUEST
So it was not to be taller than her, and she's about 160 centimeters tall, I think.
Benjamin LawHOST
Mel, nowadays there's a lot of anxiety around AI, but AI isn't as new as we think it is.
Benjamin LawHOST
Tell me about one of the computers in this collection, the Connection Machine CM2, and how it was wrestling with AI 40 years ago.
Mel Huang BuntineGUEST
I think people will be surprised to see a supercomputer in the exhibition because we talk about this exhibition being kind of a love letter to the personal computer.
Mel Huang BuntineGUEST
But the connection machine was really unique.