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From ancient Jewish texts to androids to AI, a just-right sequence of numbers or letters turns matter into meaning

  • Written by Rhona Trauvitch, Associate Teaching Professor of English, Florida International University
imageThe power of putting basic elements in just the right order is key to both Jewish mysticism and computer coding.WhataWin/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Isaac Asimov’s iconic science fiction collection “I, Robot” tells the story of androids created at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. The androids range from “Robbie,”...

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