# Golem Aleph **Domain:** Computing history / cultural history **Doc Type:** Computer Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Golem Aleph** was a computer built at the [[wiki/Weizmann Institute of Science|Weizmann Institute of Science]] as a successor in its early computing program. Its name joined modern computation to the Jewish Golem tradition. ## Evidence Ledger ### Established - The machine carried the name Golem Aleph. - Gershom Scholem publicly discussed the association between the Rehovot computer and the Golem tradition. ### Strongly indicated - The name is a documented act of cultural transmission into a scientific institution. ### Plausible - The naming helped frame computing publicly as the construction of an artificial cognitive being. ### Unresolved - Whether the Golem frame influenced engineering decisions beyond naming and public interpretation. ## Sources / Provenance - [Gershom Scholem, “The Golem of Prague and the Golem of Rehovoth” (1966)](https://www.commentary.org/articles/gershom-scholem/the-golem-of-prague-the-golem-of-rehovoth/). ## Relationships - **Institution:** [[wiki/Weizmann Institute of Science|Weizmann Institute of Science]]. - **Predecessor:** [[wiki/WEIZAC|WEIZAC]]. - **Interpreter:** [[wiki/Gershom Scholem|Gershom Scholem]]. - **Source:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]].