EVENTS
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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...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky was quoted saying, “Within a generation … the problem of creating ‘artificial intelligence’ will substantially be solved.”
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - in 1967 Marvin Minsky was quoted saying, “Within a generation ... the problem of creating 'artificial intelligence' will substantially be solved.” Similar to H. A. Simon’s writings from the same era, Minsky’s prediction was...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – the Alvey Programme was launched by the British government
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - the Alvey Programme was launched by the British government in 1983. It is a project developed in response to Japan’s own Fifth Generation Computer project. There was no specific focus or directive, but rather the program...
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – DARPA ends the Strategic Computing Initiative in 1993
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - the Strategic Computing Initiative was ended by DARPA in 1993. DARPA stands for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a research and development agency founded by the US Department of Defense in 1958 as the ARPA....
This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Herbert Simon and Allen Newell develop Logic Theorist
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...
Cornerstones in History of AI
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...