How did a computer write a Western in 1960? 🤠 Doug Ross and Harrison “Dit” Morse programmed 13,000 lines of code to teach the MIT Transistorized EXperimental computer zero, better known as TX-0, how to write a script. The program used a set of rules to define basic plot elements, another to describe possible actions—like a robber opening a door or setting down a bag filled with gold—and a third set to modify those rules, such as accounting for the robber’s inebriation after drinking whiskey. Th