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Philosophy of artificial intelligence
- Moravec's paradoxHans Moravec wrote in 1988 that it is comparatively easy to make computers exhibit adult level performance on intelligence tests or playing checkers.
- Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AIThe Future of Life Institute convened a meeting at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in California. The event took place from January 5 to the 8th of January…
- AI alignmentNorbert Wiener spoke in 1960 about the danger of using mechanical agencies whose operation humans could not effectively control.
- GOFAIJohn Haugeland introduced the phrase good old-fashioned artificial intelligence in 1985. He published it inside his book titled Artificial Intelligence: The…
- Philosophy of artificial intelligenceIn 1956, a group of researchers gathered at Dartmouth College to launch the field of artificial intelligence. The program for their conference declared that…
- Technological singularityStanislaw Ulam recalled a conversation with John von Neumann in 1958 about the ever accelerating progress of technology.
- Computing Machinery and IntelligenceAlan Turing published Computing Machinery and Intelligence in the journal Mind during 1950. This paper introduced his concept of what is now known as the…
- TranshumanismThe Epic of Gilgamesh contains one of humanity's oldest recorded quests for immortality. This ancient narrative established a pattern that transhumanists…
- Hubert DreyfusHubert Lederer Dreyfus entered the world on the 15th of October 1929 in Terre Haute, Indiana. His parents were Stanley S. and Irene (Lederer) Dreyfus.
- Dartmouth workshopJohn McCarthy stood in a mathematics department office at Dartmouth College during the early 1950s. He watched various names for thinking machines swirl…
- 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.
- Fairness (machine learning)The year 1964 marked a turning point in American history when the U.S. Civil Rights Act passed into law. This legislation sparked intense debate within the…
- Stochastic parrotEmily M. Bender and colleagues published a paper in 2021 titled On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?
- Turing testAlan Turing published his paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence in 1950 while working at the University of Manchester.
- AI effectIn 1970, computer scientist Bertram Raphael made a statement that would echo through decades of artificial intelligence research.
- Chinese roomIn 1980, philosopher John Searle published a paper titled Minds, Brains, and Programs in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
- Computational creativityIn 1956, the Dartmouth Conference listed creativity as a key goal for artificial intelligence. This moment marked the first time researchers explicitly asked…
- Hallucination (artificial intelligence)In 1986, Eric Mjolsness used the word hallucination in his PhD thesis to describe a computer vision process that added detail to an image.