This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman published “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, the first of its kind, in 1963. Feigenbaum and Feldman edited and wrote some...

Edward Feigenbaum, Kumagai Professor of Computer Science, joins the History of AI Board

Edward Feigenbaum is the Kumagai Professor of Computer Science and Co-Scientific Director, Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Stanford University. He made several contributions to the development of AI, becoming a co-recipient of the Turing Award in 1994....

AI World Society Network (AIWS.net) contributes in rebuilding Ukraine

On April 29, at Loeb House, Harvard University, Boston Global Forum will organize the conference to honor President Zelensky and all Ukrainian people with the 2022 BGF World Leader for Peace and Security Award. At this event, BGF will contribute and discuss...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Logic Theorist was developed by Herbert Simon and Allen Newell

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Herbert Simon and Allen Newell developed Logic Theorist in December 1955. Logic Theorist is a computer program that is considered to be the first AI program. The program was designed to perform automated...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and John McCarthy founded the MIT AI Lab

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the MIT AI Lab was founded by John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky in 1959. This marked the beginning of coordinated AI research at MIT. The lab focused on researching and developing AI. The Lab went through...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Herbert Simon wrote, “machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work a man can do”

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – H. A. Simon was quoted with a prediction,  “machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work a man can do” in the 1960s. He wrote this in his “The New Science of Management Decision” Herbert...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky was quoted saying, “Within a generation … the problem of creating ‘artificial intelligence’ will substantially be solved.”

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – in 1967 Marvin Minsky was quoted saying, “Within a generation … the problem of creating ‘artificial intelligence’ will substantially be solved.” Similar to H. A. Simon’s writings...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – 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”

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...

The Boston Globe Letters – Globe Opinion: AI, a means of progress, can do harm if in the wrong hands

The Russian invasion of Ukraine throws into sharp focus many urgent global problems that have been neglected for decades, including cybersecurity, disinformation, trade disparities, and dependence on unreliable and environmentally damaging fossil fuels...