Curated playlist
Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Allen NewellAllen Newell helped build what is widely regarded as the first true AI program, the Logic Theorist.
- Marvin MinskyIn 1951, Marvin Minsky built the first randomly wired neural network learning machine. He called it SNARC.
- Arthur Samuel (computer scientist)Arthur Samuel's checkers program moved IBM's stock up 15 points in a single night. He coined "machine learning" in 1959.
- Yoshua BengioWhy has Yoshua Bengio, who helped build modern AI, spent recent years trying to slow it down?
- Herbert A. SimonHerbert Simon argued that people don't pick the best option, they settle for good enough. He called it satisficing.
- Yann LeCunYann LeCun spent a postdoc year under Geoffrey Hinton, then shared a Turing Award with him.
- Geoffrey HintonGeoffrey Hinton left Google in May 2023 to warn the world about AI. He had helped build the field for decades.
- Oliver SelfridgeIn 1959, Oliver Selfridge described software "demons" that shout answers, and the loudest wins.
- John McCarthy (computer scientist)John McCarthy coined the term "artificial intelligence" in the summer of 1956. He also created the language Lisp.
- Judea PearlJudea Pearl gave computers a way to reason when facts are incomplete.
- Rodney BrooksRodney Brooks argued that robots don't need to think much to act.
- Stuart J. RussellStuart Russell called the AGI race "a race towards the edge of a cliff." He wrote it in January 2025.