AIWS History of AI

The United Nations Centennial Roundtable with Professor Alex Pentland

Live stream here Digital Future toward the Age of Global Enlightenment Time: 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT, May 6, 2021 How are AI and data systems evolving? What is the future of digital Government, Commerce, and Citizen Services? Broad technology...

Ambassador Lambrinidis: “Exploring Social Contract for the AI Age, a Framework to ensure an AI ‘Bill of Rights’ in the digital age, is fundamental in international relations today”

On April 28, 2021, Boston Global Forum hosted the AIWS Award and AI International Accord Roundtable where Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis was awarded the 2021 World Leader in AI World Society (AIWS) and joined with fellow leaders in innovation to discuss...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky publishes “The Society of Mind”

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky publishes The Society of Mind in 1987. This book is a theoretical description of the mind as a collection of cooperating agents. Marvin Minsky was an American cognitive and computer scientist....

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTERNATIONAL ACCORD

Live streaming World Leader in AIWS Award and AI International Accord Roundtable       8:30 am – 10:30 am, EST, April 28, 2021 Ceremony to honor Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis as 2021 World Leader in AIWS Remarks of Governor Michael Dukakis...

WORLD LEADER IN AIWS AWARD AND AI INTERNATIONAL ACCORD ROUNDTABLE

8:30 am – 10:30 am, EST, April 28, 2021 Ceremony to honor Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis as 2021 World Leader in AIWS Remarks of Governor Michael Dukakis to honor Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis Speech of Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis Congratulations...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – John McCarthy proposed the ‘advice taker’ in his paper “Programs with Common Sense”

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 – MIT receives a $2.2 million grant in June 1963 from DARPA

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – MIT receives a $2.2 million grant in June 1963 from DARPA, which was used to fund project MAC. This project included the AI Group of Marvin Minsky and John McCarthy. DARPA is the Defense Advanced Research...

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...

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 defeats 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...