Vietnam Spark Board meeting on September 2, 2021

To help Vietnam recover and develop economy after COVID-19 pandemic, Michael Dukakis Institute has contributed to the Vietnam Spark Plan, which encourages Vietnam to apply the Community Innovation Economy and AIWS Ecosystem. The Vietnam Spark will coordinate...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – “Computers and Thought” was published

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – in 1963 Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman published Computers and Thought, a book composed of articles on Artificial Intelligence, the first of its kind. Feigenbaum and Feldman edited and wrote some...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Frank Rosenblatt developed the Perceptron

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Frank Rosenblatt developed the Perceptron in 1957. It is a form of neural network that allowed pattern-recognition. Frank Rosenblatt was an American psychologist. Born in 1928, Rosenblatt would go on...

Community Innovation Economy: equality of opportunity in the AI and Digital Age

Many worry about Big Tech’s control and domination of markets, with no opportunities for small companies and individuals, destroying innovations. The Community Innovation Economy is a significant solution for these challenges. In a society, every citizen...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Dartmouth Conference ended on 17th August 1956

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Dartmouth Conference ended on 17th August 1956. This gathering lasted the entire summer at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, having started on 16th June. The Dartmouth Conference was originally...

This week at the History of AI – Marvin Minsky was born on 9th August, 1927

This week at the History of AI – Marvin Minsky was born on 9th August, 1927. Minsky was one of the most influential AI scientists. Marvin Minksy was an important pioneer in the field of AI. He penned the research proposal for the Dartmouth Conference,...

Ruth Pearl, wife of professor Judea Pearl, passed away at 85

Ruth Pearl, the mother of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who turned the profound and lasting agony of losing a son into a life of activism, outreach and bridging cultural divides, has died at her home in Los Angeles. Pearl, who died July...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – John McCarthy proposed the ‘advice taker’ in 1959

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – John McCarthy proposed the “advice taker” in his paper “Programs with Common Sense.” This hypothetical program was the first to use logic to represent information. The paper was published in 1959. John...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published Perceptrons

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published Perceptrons in 1969. The book explored the concept of the “perceptron”, but also highlighted its limitations. It was also pessimistic in its predictions...