EVENTS
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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 – Herbert 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...
The History of AI event of 2020 – The Social Contract for the AI Age
30.12.2020. Zlatko Lagumdzija The History of AI event of 2020 – The Social Contract for the AI Age Zlatko Lagumdzija Former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Member of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid Member of the History of AI Board Social...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the MIT AI Lab was founded by John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky
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...
The HAI Initiative invites you to select the History of AI 2020
2020 was a special and eventful year, and yet it is ending, as we approach 2021. To cap off this memorable year, the History of AI Initiative at AIWS.net would like to receive your selections and choices for achievements, figures, and events in AI (including science...
Cornerstones in History of AI
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Unimate was the first industrial robot to work
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - Unimate, an industrial robot developed in the 50s, becomes the first to work in New Jersey in 1961. Unimate was invented by George Davol, who filed the patent in 1954. Davol met Joseph Engelberger in 1956, and the two...
Joy Buolamwini is a Person of the History of AI 2020
Joy Adowaa Buolamwini is a Ghanaian-American computer scientist and digital activist based at the MIT Media Lab. She founded the Algorithmic Justice League, an organisation that looks to challenge bias in decision making software. In 2020, Buolamwini was on the front...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – WABOT-2 was built by Waseda University
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - Waseda University built WABOT-2 in 1984. A follow up to the WABOT-1 they built in 1973, this robot was also anthropomorphic, but improvements were made. The WABOT-2 was a follow-up to the WABOT-1 project. This iteration can...