Global Enlightenment Community Member Calls for Regulations to Restrain AI

The pace of AI development means the world must develop global regulations to prevent the “escape” of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and should define what counts as “treason” towards humanity, WithSecure’s chief research officer said...

Global Enlightenment Music

Based on the idea that music possesses a spiritual power that can elevate humanity toward a more optimistic, creative, innovative, and hopeful life, the Global Enlightenment Music Club (GEMC) was created as a stage for musicians from all over the world...

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...

AI in the Age of Global Enlightenment Contest

AI Contest 2023 – AI in the Age of Global Enlightenment is an aspiring competition organized by VLAB Innovation in collaboration with the Boston Global Forum and the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation. It serves as a bridge...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Edward Feigenbaum, Bruce G. Buchanan, Joshua Lederberg, and Carl Djerassi began work on Dendral

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Edward Feigenbaum, Bruce G. Buchanan, Joshua Lederberg, and Carl Djerassi began work on Dendral in 1965. This was an AI project that later also became the first expert system. Edward Feigenbaum is an...

Launching the Global Internet Governance, Digital Empowerment and Security Alliance (GLIDES) at C20 Summit in Coimbatore, India

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) empower people on the ground. However, there are few initiatives that bring CSOs together to voice their thoughts and best practices. Objective: Create an alliance of CSOs from across the world as part of Civil20 that...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – The Book of Why by Judea Pearl was published

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – The Book of Why by Judea Pearl was published on 15 May, 2018. The book discusses causality and Bayesian probability, as well as their relations to fields such as AI and statistics. Judea Pearl is a renowned...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – IBM “Deep Blue” machine defeated Garry Kasparov, the then-reigning World Chess Champion, at chess, in a highly-publicised match on 11 May, 1997. This date was the conclusion of 2 matches, one starting...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Claude Shannon was born on 30 April, 1916

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Claude Shannon was born on 30 April, 1916. He is recognized as the father of Information Technology. Shannon also participated and was a part of the inception of the Dartmouth Conference. Claude Shannon...