Professor John Quelch speaks about “How to compete with China in the Age of AI and Data”

The Boston Global Forum is proud to host a high-level conference at Harvard University Faculty Club on April 26, 2023, featuring John Quelch, Emeritus Harvard professor and former Dean of three leading business schools. Quelch, who is also a co-founder...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Unimate became the first industrial labor robot

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Unimate, an industrial robot developed in the 50s, becomes the first to work in New Jersey in 1961. Unimate was invented by George Davol, who filed the patent in 1954. Davol met Joseph Engelberger in...

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 – the Alvey Programme was launched by the British government

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Alvey Programme was launched by the British government in 1983. It is a project developed in response to Japan’s own Fifth Generation Computer project. There was no specific focus or directive,...

The Shinzo Abe Initiative 2nd Conference: Japan’s Prominence in the New Age of Global Enlightenment

The PDF of this publication can downloaded here. Tokyo, April 5th, 2023 Contributors: Nazli Choucri, Michael Dukakis, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Quynh Nham, Thomas Patterson, Alex Pentland, Shyamal Sharma, David Silbersweig   The Boston Global Forum Shinzo...

Boston Global Forum CEO contributes to making Nha Trang Khanh Hoa unique from other renowned coastal cities around the world

The Agarwood Cultural Space presents a distinct feature for Khanh Hoa, setting it apart from other renowned coastal cities around the world. During the 370-year anniversary scientific conference of Khanh Hoa, numerous distinguished scholars from both...

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...

Harvard professors Dr. David Silbersweig and Ruth L. Okediji speak at the Second BGF High Level Dialogue on Regulation Framework for ChatGPT, GPT4 and AI Assistants

The Second BGF High Level Dialogue on Regulation Framework for ChatGPT, GPT4 and AI Assistants provided valuable insights into the complex issues surrounding the use of AI assistants. Speakers emphasized the importance of developing an ethical and responsible...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the creation and expansion of ARPANET

This week in the History of AI at AIWS.net – the creation and expansion of ARPANET. ARPANET stands for the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, and was a project that was funded by ARPA and the DoD. While urban myths claim that ARPANET was...