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Artificial General Intelligence – What Does It Mean And Should We Be Worried About It?
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) - a hypothetical machine capable of any and all of the intellectual tasks performed by humans - is considered by many to be a pipe dream. A long-standing feature of science fiction, AGI has achieved a cultural reputation of both reverence and fear, but above all an appreciation for the possibilities it presents. However, despite what the movies might suggest, there is still considerable debate around what constitutes general intelligence in humans, let alone machines. Before diving into AGI, it’s worth establishing what has become the accepted meaning of ‘general intelligence’. The term ‘general intelligence’ is an evolving term. When the first electronic computers were created, many...
Professor Judea Pearl and 2-year anniversary of “The Book of Why”
On May 20, 2018, “The Book of Why” by professor Judea Pearl was published. Governor Michael...
NYU researchers built an AI tool to predict severe cases of COVID-19
COVID-19 doesn’t create cookie-cutter infections. Some people have extremely mild cases while...
What AI still can’t do
Artificial intelligence won’t be very smart if computers don’t grasp cause and effect. That’s...
Japan joins calls for probe into WHO’s coronavirus response
The WHO has been accused by U.S. and allies of turning a blind eye while China withheld...
Professor Nazli Choucri: “The Social Contract 2020 is TCP/IP for political and social connection.”
At AIWS Roundtable May 12, 2020 co-organized by World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid and Boston...
AI application launched for COVID-19 pneumonia detection
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) application identifies anomalies in the lungs and assists in...
AI Can Help To Inform Coronavirus Policy
An Interview with Dr. Deborah Duong, Director for AI Development at Rejuve. Dr. Duong says,...
Co-founder of AIWS.net Nguyen Anh Tuan: “The History of Artificial Intelligence: looking back at history to shape the future”
The Social Contract 2020 sets the foundation for a new historical chapter: the emergence of AI...
Club de Madrid and Boston Global Forum co-organize the AIWS Roundtable – A New Social Contract in the Age of AI: Protection of Privacy Rights in the Times of COVID-19
On May 5, the Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute announced the Framework for the...
AIWS Summit 2020: Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact’s talk
AIWS Summit 2020 started on April 28, 2020 with talk of Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Andreas...
Deep Learning AI Accurately Predicts and Diagnoses Alzheimer’s Disease
The early and accurate diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s is critical to...
Professor Judea Pearl codes languages to challenge paradigms of computer science
Pearl, an emeritus professor of computer science at UCLA, built his career by challenging generally...
Professor Thomas Patterson will discuss with Barry Nolan about the Republican Party on May 5
Professor Thomas Patterson, co-founder of Boston Global Forum and AIWS.net, will speak about...
MIT presents AI frameworks that compress models and encourage agents to explore
In a pair of papers accepted to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)...
Top Research Papers on Causal Inference
As researchers pursued the inevitable AGI in machines, there has been a renewed interest in the...
Father of the Internet, Vint Cerf, shares his perspectives
“What we need now is critical thinking. We have brains. God gave us brains. We shouldbe using...