Living Culture and Artificial Intelligence

Ramu Damodaran, Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact New York, May 26, 2021   I must have been in the eighth grade when our high school teacher, Father Pat Rebeiro, introduced us to the distinction between culture and civilization which the...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – DARPA founded the Strategic Computing Initiative

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – DARPA founded the Strategic Computing Initiative to fund research of advanced computer hardware and artificial intelligence in 1983. DARPA stands for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a research...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Dartmouth Conference began on 18 June 1956

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This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – The UN Charter Day Roundtable: A Social Contract in the Age of AI and Intellectual Society was hosted

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The Cycle of Prosperity: Ensuring Equal Opportunity

Professor Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT, co-founder of AIWS Innovation Network (AIWS.net), contributes to the book “Remaking the World – the Age of Global Enlightenment.” Here are some paragraphs in his chapter: “What will the UN 2030 development goals...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Judea Pearl receives the ACM Turing Award 2011

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Judea Pearl receives the ACM Turing Award 2011 on 16 June, 2012. He was chosen by ACM for his contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence, most notably probabilistic and causal reasoning. The...

Professor Alex Pentland contributed visions of Our Digital Future to the book ”Remaking the World – The Age of Global Enlightenment”

On May 27, 2021 at the launching the book “Remaking the Wolrd – The Age of Global Enlightenment”, Professor Alex Pentland, MIT, Co-founder of AIWS.net, went in detail on his contributions to this e-book as well as urged for a change in the SDG 2030...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the World Leadership Alliance Club de Madrid organized the Online Roundtable “A New Social Contract in the Age of AI”

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the World Leadership Alliance Club de Madrid organized the Online Roundtable “A New Social Contract in the Age of AI” on May 12, 2020. The Roundtable was organized by the WLA-CdM in conjunction with...

Launching the book “Remaking the world – The Age of Global Enlightenment”

May 27, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM, EST 8:30 am: Opening Remarks by Mr. Ramu Damodaran, Chief, United Nations Academic Impact Remarks by Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chair, Boston Global Forum Speech by Professor Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT, “Our...