AIWS History of AI

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...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Frank Rosenblatt developed the Perceptron in 1957

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...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and Roger Schank warned of a second AI winter in 1984

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and Roger Schank warned of a second AI winter at a meeting of the American Assocation of Artificial Intelligence in 1984. Their prediction would come true 3 years later. Marvin Minksy was...

The United Nations 2045 Roundtable: A Distinguished City to Honor the United Nations’ First Century

                                                       The United Nations 2045 Roundtable                              A Distinguished City to Honor the United Nations’ First Century                ...

United Nations 2045 Roundtable: A Distinguished City to Honor the United Nations’ First Century

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman published Computers and Thought

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 – Marvin Minsky was quoted in Life magazine, “In from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being”

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – in 1970 Marvin Minsky was quoted in Life magazine, “In from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being.” Marvin Minsky was interviewed by Life...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Arthur Samuel popularises the term “machine learning” in 1959

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Arthur Samuel popularises the term “machine learning” in 1959 in his article “Some Studies in Machine Learning Using the Game of Checkers”. Arthur L. Samuel was an American computer scientist....