AIWS History of AI

The Quad Group was a great success at the Riga Conference 2020

With more than 2 hours of discussion, panelists Governor Michael Dukakis, Japanese State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama, Australian Senator Kimberley Kitching, Chair, Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Ambassador P.S...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published an expanded edition of Perceptrons

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published an expanded edition of Perceptrons in 1988. The original book was published in 1969. The original book explored the concept of the “perceptron”, but also...

Dr. Lorraine Kisselburgh, a leader of Technology Policy of ACM, joins the History of AI Board

Dr Lorraine Kisselburgh is the inaugural Chair of ACM’s global Technology Policy Council, where she oversees technology policy engagement in the US, Europe, and other global regions. Drawing on 100,000 computer scientists and professional members,...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the ACM named Yoshua Bengio, Geofrrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun recipients of the Turing Award in 2018

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the ACM named Yoshua Bengio, Geofrrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun recipients of the Turing Award in 2018 for breakthroughs that made deep neural networks critical in computing. The Turing Award is one of the...

Special Side Event “Quad Roundtable” at the Riga Conference 2020

Session the Quad Group, AIWS Social Contract and solutions for world peace and security Speakers: Governor Michael Dukakis, Chairman of the Boston Global Forum (US), Defense State Minister Yasuhide Nakayama (Japan), Senator Kimberley Kitching, Chair of...

Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija says “AIWS City, a model for cities of 2045”

At the United Nations 2045 Roundtable, October 27, 2020, Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija,  member of Board of Leaders of the AIWS City, presented as a keynote speaker: “Our goal is to construct an all-digital, virtual, intelligent, and innovative...

Ambassador Swanee Hunt spoke about human beings and classical music for the AIWS City

At the United Nations 2045 Roundtable, moderated by Ramu Damodaran, Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact, on October 27, 2020, Ambassador Swanee Hunt brought a moving and emotional talk about Maestro Charles Ansbacher, her husband, bringing classical...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – “Learning Multiple Layers of Representation” by Geoffrey Hinton was published

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – “Learning Multiple Layers of Representation” by Geoffrey Hinton was published in October 2008. The paper proposed new approaches to deep learning. In place of backpropagation, another concept Hinton...

Special Side Event “Quad Roundtable” at the Riga Conference 2020: “The Quad Group, AIWS Social Contract and solutions for world peace and security”

The Quad Roundtable is a special side event of the Riga Conference 2020, Session Quad Roundtable” the Quad Group, AIWS Social Contract and solutions for world peace and security”, co-organized by the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation (LATO) and the...