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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,...
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...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Frank Rosenblatt developed perceptrons in 1957
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Frank Rosenblatt developed perceptrons 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 to...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Bletchley Park cryptologists broke the German Enigma code
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Bletchley Park cryptologists broke the German Enigma code on 9th July, 1941. Alan Turing, considered the founder of computer science and A, played a vital role in this process in developing the Bombe.
Alan...
Paul Nemitz’s idea for International Law on AI
At the AI International Accord Conference on April 28, 2021, organized by Boston Global Forum, Paul Nemitz presented his ideas:
Is it right to take the multilateral agreement on the law of the sea which is a United Nations agreement as a model for our...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – The Democratic Alliance on Digital Governance Conference was hosted on July 1st, 2020
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – The Democratic Alliance on Digital Governance Conference was hosted on July 1st, 2020. The subheading of this event was “Protecting and Strengthening Democracy in the Aftermath of COVID-19”.
This...
Remaking the World – the Age of Global Enlightenment
Boston – New York, July 1, 2021
Today, July 1, 2021, the book “Remaking the World – The Age of Global Enlightenment” is officially delivered. This book is a collaboration between the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the United Nations Academic Impact...