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Artificial intelligence
- Mechanistic interpretabilityChris Olah coined the term mechanistic interpretability to describe reverse-engineering neural networks. Before this moment, researchers mostly looked at…
- Organoid intelligenceIn 2019, researchers at Johns Hopkins University began using the term organoid intelligence to describe a new field combining computer science and biology.
- AI safetyIn 1988, Blay Whitby published a book outlining the need for AI to be developed along ethical and socially responsible lines.
- AI alignmentNorbert Wiener spoke in 1960 about the danger of using mechanical agencies whose operation humans could not effectively control.
- Neuro-symbolic AIIn 1992, researchers began exploring how to merge fast intuition with slow reasoning. Gary Marcus stated that building rich cognitive models requires a…
- Nouvelle AIRodney Brooks introduced the Nouvelle AI approach in the 1980s while working at the MIT artificial intelligence laboratory.
- Artificial general intelligenceArtificial general intelligence is a hypothetical type of artificial intelligence that would match or surpass human capabilities across virtually all…
- Recursive self-improvementEliezer Yudkowsky coined the term "Seed AI" to describe a foundational framework for recursive self-improvement. This architecture equips an artificial…
- Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence was founded as an academic discipline in 1956. The field has experienced multiple cycles of optimism followed by periods of…
- AI agentIn the context of generative artificial intelligence, AI agents are a class of intelligent agents distinguished by their ability to operate autonomously in…
- Game theoryIn 1564, Gerolamo Cardano wrote Liber de ludo aleae, a manuscript on games of chance that remained unpublished until 1663.
- Ethics of artificial intelligenceIn 1950, Alan Turing published a paper asking if machines could think. This question launched decades of research into whether computers can behave morally.
- AI OverviewsGoogle unveiled Search Generative Experience at its I/O conference in May 2023. This event marked the first public appearance of what would become AI…
- Commonsense knowledge (artificial intelligence)John McCarthy released the Advice Taker program in 1959. This software marked the first attempt to encode human expectations into an artificial intelligence…
- Machine perceptionA computer system once relied solely on a keyboard or mouse to receive information from the outside world. This limited input method defined early computing…
- Progress in artificial intelligenceIn 1997, a chess computer named Deep Blue defeated the reigning world champion Garry Kasparov. This moment marked a turning point in how society viewed…