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Giant Brains; or, Machines That Think

by Edmund Callis Berkeley

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Table 16

Setting of the Problem on the Logical-Truth Calculator

Unit
3Statement Dial No.V₁V₂V₃V₄V₅V₆V₇V₈V₉V₁₀V₁₁V₁₂
3Statement Dial Setting2112433214FF
2Statement Denial Switch
Setting————up———upup——
4Connective Dial No.k₁k₂k₃k₄k₅k₆k₇k₈k₉k₁₀k₁₁
4Connective Dial Setting▲∧∧∧▲∧▲∧▲offoff
8Statement Denial Switch
Setting———————————
5Antecedent Dial No.A₁A₂A₃A₄A₅A₆A₇A₈A₉A₁₀A₁₁
5Antecedent Dial SettingVk₁Vk₃k₄k₂Vk₇Voffoff
6Consequent Dial No.C₁C₂C₃C₄C₅C₆C₇C₈C₉C₁₀C₁₁
6Consequent Dial SettingVk₅VVVk₈Vk₉Voffoff
7Stop Switches, associating
connective to Main
Truth-Value Light———————————

possible statuses of employees who are not insured are shown in Table 17. As we look down the last column in Table 17, we observe 6 occurrences of T, instead of 5 as the manager determined (see Table 15). Thus, when we compare the manager’s result with the machine result, we find an additional possible combination to be reported to Mr. Adams, combination 7:

Employee eligible, employee has not applied, employee’s application not approved, employee requires a medical examination, employee not insured.

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