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This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Logic Theorist was developed by Herbert Simon and Allen Newell
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - Herbert Simon and Allen Newell developed Logic Theorist in December 1955. Logic Theorist is a computer program that is considered to be the first AI program. The program was designed to perform automated reasoning, the...
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 several iterations...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – WABOT-1 was built by Waseda University
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - Waseda University built WABOT-1 in 1973. It was the first full-scale anthropomorphic robot, with a climb-control system, a vision system, and a conversation system. The WABOT-1 was the first of its kind. It was able to...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Joseph Weizenbaum was born on January 8th, 1923
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - Joseph Weizenbaum was born on January 8th, 1923. Weizenbaum published the program ELIZA in 1966 which could mimic conversation with humans. Although Weizenbaum was considered a father of Artificial Intelligence, he...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the end of the first AI Winter
Yesterday, the HAI board and initiative announced the HAI 2020 awards and nominations which can be read here in full. This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - the end of the first AI Winter in 1980. This was due to the adoption of “expert systems” into...
Cornerstones in History of AI
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – IBM “Watson” machine defeats 2 human Jeopardy! champions
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - IBM “Watson” machine defeats 2 human Jeopardy! champions. The machine went on the show on February 16th, 2011 and faced off against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, previous winners of the famous game-show. The show was taped...
The History of AI House at NovaWorld Phan Thiet
On January 31, 2021, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of Michael Dukakis Institute visited NovaWorld Phan Thiet and discussed with NovaWorld Phan Thiet leaders about building a branch of Michael Dukakis Institute and the History of AI House at NovaWorld Phan Thiet. This...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – H. A. 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 Simon was an...