Oral Histories
Interviews Conducted for the Project in 2024
Andrew Blake audio, transcript
John Hallam audio, transcript
Geoffrey Hinton audio, transcript
Roland Ibbett audio, transcript
George Ross audio, transcript
Austin Tate audio, transcript
David Willshaw transcript
Forthcoming interviews: Helen Pain and Gordon Plotkin
Interview process: Once an interviewee had accepted our invitation, we supplied them with an information sheet and a consent form, which was completed before the interview took place. After the interview we prepared a transcript, which was checked and corrected by the interviewee. The approved transcript was published on this website.
Other interviews
Alan Bundy (Archives of IT)
Rosemary Candlin (Engineering and Technology History Wiki)
Richard Gregory Trying to set up a brain unit and moving to Edinburgh One of 57 videos by Richard Gregory on the Web of Stories website
Robert (Bob) Kowalski (Archives of IT)
Lighthill debate (1973) BBC TV Controversy programme from the Royal Institution, June 1973, with Professor Sir James Lighthill, Professor Donald Michie, Professor Richard Gregory and Professor John McCarthy. Lighthill's report and comments
An interview with Donald Michie, September 2002. Prepared for the BCS Computer Conservation Society's (Artificial Intelligence: Recollections of the Pioneers Seminar) at the British Museum, London, UK, 11 October 2002. Transcript