This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Waseda University builds WABOT-1

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Waseda University built WABOT-1 in 1973. It was the first full-scale anthropomorphic robot, with a climb-control system, a vision system, and a conversation system. The WABOT-1 was the first of its kind....

G20: Education and Digital Transformation

“Civil 20” or C-20 is the civil society engagement group with the G-20, of which India is the chair this year. Under the chairmanship of the spiritual and humanitarian leader Mata Amritandanayi, C-20 has established thirteen working groups,...

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...