Mister Atompunk Presents: Atomic Almanac Season Zero

Level 1: THE LOGIC MACHINE -  McCulloch-Pitts Neural Networks

1943. Two minds changed everything we thought we knew about thinking.

Step into the moment artificial intelligence was born. Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts published eighteen pages that proved the brain wasn't mysterious—it was computational. Their artificial neurons, firing in simple patterns of 0 and 1, could perform any logical operation.

Learn by Building:

• Construct AND, OR, and NOT gates using artificial neurons
• Watch connections light up as signals flow through circuits
• Master McCulloch's "jots and X's" - the symbols that taught children logic
• Chain simple gates together to create complex reasoning

Interactive Neural Networks:

• Click neurons to activate them
• Toggle inputs to test all combinations
• See truth tables come alive as you explore each logic gate
• Experience the "aha!" moment when simple switches become sophisticated computation

Historical Accuracy: Based on the actual 1943 paper "A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity" - the foundation of everything from early computers to modern AI. No prior knowledge needed.

A neuron doesn't need to understand to compute. It just needs to fire in the right pattern.

From these humble beginnings came neural networks that recognize faces, predict behavior, and complete thoughts. But the most unsettling discovery wasn't what machines could do—it was what we might be.

Level 2: Cybernetic Feedback Coming Soon.