<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-post-10818 wp-image-10820" src="https://whatsthebigdata.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/ramon_llull_-_ars_magna_fig_1.png" alt="" width="640" height="640" />In 1308, Catalan poet and theologian <a class="color-link" title="http://quisestlullus.narpan.net/eng/1_intro_eng.html" href="http://quisestlullus.narpan.net/eng/1_intro_eng.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Ramon Llull">Ramon Llull</a> completed Ars generalis ultima (The Ultimate General Art), further perfecting his method of using paper-based mechanical means to create new knowledge from combinations of concepts.
Read more <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2020/02/26/12-artificial-intelligence-ai-milestones-2-ramon-llull-and-his-thinking-machine/#4d6b7dae251b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>