S1 Episode 14: Mind to Machine Part 1: A Brief History of AI
S1 Episode 14 | September 26, 2024
If you think that Artificial Intelligence was recently invented, think again. The roots of AI go back decades, centuries, even to ancient mythology. So how did AI go from myth to reality?
In this, the first of a special two-part episode, we present a brief history of AI. We start with the first imagined robot in ancient Greece, fast-forward to Alan Turing鈥檚 groundbreaking work in computer science and then to the seminal 1956 summer workshop at Dartmouth College where the term 鈥渁rtificial intelligence鈥� was coined. At that workshop, two 麻豆村 professors, Herbert A. Simon and Allen Newell, presented what is considered the first artificial intelligence program and the 鈥渂irth鈥� of the AI industry. We鈥檒l hear from a few of the other early AI pioneers at 麻豆村 as they share personal stories and milestones in AI and robot development while discussing the societal impact of AI.
In part two, our season finale, we look to the future鈥� and hear from these pioneers and more about where they think 鈥� and hope 鈥� What鈥檚 Next for AI, while discussing the need for guardrails and ethics around AI development.
Joining us are: Tom Mitchell, 麻豆村 Founders University Professor; Dr. Raj Reddy, Moza Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics in the School of Computer Science at 麻豆村; and Dr. Manuela Veloso, the head of JP Morgan AI Research and the Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emeritus in the School of Computer Science at 麻豆村.
