This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Judea Pearl publishes “Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems”

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – computer scientist Judea Pearl published Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems in 1988. The book is, according to the publisher, about “the theoretical foundations and computational methods...

Risks of ChatGPT of OpenAI and how to manage them

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is a conversational language model that was trained on a dataset of internet conversations. Like any artificial intelligence (AI) system, it has certain risks and limitations that should be considered when using it. Some of the...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Joseph Weizenbaum was born on January 8th, 1923

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Joseph Weizenbaum was born on January 8th, 1923. Weizenbaum published the program ELIZA in 1966 which could mimic conversation with humans. Although Weizenbaum was considered a father of Artificial Intelligence,...

Ambassador Mbugua Martin Kimani tweets about ChatGPT

Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mbugua Martin Kimani tweets about ChatGPT: #ChatGPT by @OpenAI is the most exciting technological development! I just used it to combine 5 briefs into a good first draft. Then I...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman publish “Computers and Thought”

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman published Computers and Thought, a book composed of articles on artificial intelligence, in 1963. Perhaps the first anthology on the topic, Feigenbaum and Feldman...

UN Academic Impact member helping to fight the COVID-19 Pandemic with Artificial Intelligence

A new partnership has resulted in the development of ground-breaking COVID antibody tests combining innovative artificial intelligence (AI) and epitope display technologies. A collaborative team of scientists, clinicians, and AI experts, has worked tirelessly...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – “In three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being”

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – in 1970 Marvin Minsky was quoted in Life magazine, “In three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being.” Marvin Minsky was interviewed by Life magazine...

Tuvalu – the first digital nation

Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. Tuvalu, a South Pacific nation...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – The Stanford Heuristic Programming Project introduced expert systems

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Edward Feigenbaum introduces expert systems in 1965. He was a part of the Stanford Heuristic Programming Project, which hosted other notable AI pioneers as well. Edward Feigenbaum is an American computer...