Emily and Alex time travel back to a conference of men who gathered at Dartmouth College in the summer of 1956 to examine problems relating to computation and "thinking machines," an event commonly mythologized) as the founding of the field of artificial intelligence. But our crack team of AI hype detectives is on the case with a close reading of the grant proposal that started it all.This episode was recorder on November 6, 2023. Watch the video version) on PeerTube.
References:
"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence") (1955)
Re: methodological individualism, "The Role of General Theory in Comparative-historical Sociology,") American Journal of Sociology, 1991
Fresh AI Hell:
Silly made-up graph about “intelligence” of AI vs. “intelligence” of AI criticism)
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Palette cleanser: An AI-powered smoothie shop shut down almost immediately after opening.)
OpenAI chief scientist: Humans could become 'part AI' in the future)
A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the evolution of the brain holds the key to the future of AI.)
AI-centered 'monastic academy':“MAPLE is a community of practitioners exploring the intersection of AI and wisdom.”)
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