A century-long commitment to assessing artificial intelligence and its impact on society
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There are many stories to tell about the first fifty years of AI. One story is about AI as one of
the big forces of innovation in information technology. It is now forgotten that initially …

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a holy grail for many scientists of artificial intelligence.
In recent years, a large community of researchers has emerged, focusing on the original …

From the earliest days of artificial intelligence (AI), its definition focused on how its results
appear to show intelligence, rather than the methods that are used to achieve it. Since then …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to play a major role in shaping global competitiveness
and productivity over the next couple of decades, granting early adopters significant societal …

The current “AI Summer” is marked by scientific breakthroughs and economic successes in
the fields of research, development, and application of systems with artificial intelligence …

AI technology has been developing into one of the fastest growing technological fields in our
world today. AI was invented in 1956 by John McCarthy, but did not become as impactful till …

For a field that was not well known outside of academia a decade ago, artificial intelligence
has grown dizzyingly fast. Tech companies from Silicon Valley to Beijing are betting …