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It's attributed to Shannon right in the posting:

After seeing a video of such a machine I just had to have one of my own. Normal 0 According to Wikipedia, Claude E. Shannon built the first “Ultimate Machine” based on an idea by Marvin Minsky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ34RDn34Ws

i laughed at this version i found on the related video list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw2Bq0HYu1M

Thanks for the link! The "comic timing" of Shannon's machine is much better (if that makes any sense).

A bit more fascinating information Kevin Kelly's Technium

http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/the_unspeakab...