I see your point about not talking about popular culture in a chapter about science.
You have done a great job identifying the events and generations and linking them into a narrative in the text. That said, I don't think you need the outline at the end anymore. What do you think?
I love both, but I see hardly any influence in actual research, practice, or even philosophy of AI from science fiction. I'm sure in any chronology of AI in sci-fi these two would feature, but I'm curious what the impact in the field of Artificial Intelligence as a scientific and engineering endeavor would be. Happy to hear your thoughts on it!
This chapter pulls together threads of AI history that for me were dangling in my understanding. Concepts like “AI Winter” are not what I thought at all. The “tug of war” between pure logic and empiricism in human progress is mirrored by the steady passage through the AI winter seasons. This chapter is essential for grasping our current reality. Your perspective helps me understand why November, 2022, when OpenAI released GPT3, wasn’t what I thought it was. It surprised the world because the world had been sleeping. Thanks, Alejandro.
I see your point about not talking about popular culture in a chapter about science.
You have done a great job identifying the events and generations and linking them into a narrative in the text. That said, I don't think you need the outline at the end anymore. What do you think?
Good point! I left it in the book as a reference, but maybe it's unnecessary. I'll keep it in mind. Thanks a lot for the feedback ;)
Also, it's hard to imagine a history of AI without including:
The Three Laws of Robotics, featured in I, Robot by Isaac Asimov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
and
HAL, the murderous AI from 2001, A Space Odyssey, first appearing in the novel by Arthur C. Clark in 1968. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(novel)
I love both, but I see hardly any influence in actual research, practice, or even philosophy of AI from science fiction. I'm sure in any chronology of AI in sci-fi these two would feature, but I'm curious what the impact in the field of Artificial Intelligence as a scientific and engineering endeavor would be. Happy to hear your thoughts on it!
Great rewrite! I really like it!
Missing word: "protein folding, a breakthrough of such significance that its creators were awarded the Nobel Prize in This demonstrated"
Thanks! Lots of editing to do still ;)
This chapter pulls together threads of AI history that for me were dangling in my understanding. Concepts like “AI Winter” are not what I thought at all. The “tug of war” between pure logic and empiricism in human progress is mirrored by the steady passage through the AI winter seasons. This chapter is essential for grasping our current reality. Your perspective helps me understand why November, 2022, when OpenAI released GPT3, wasn’t what I thought it was. It surprised the world because the world had been sleeping. Thanks, Alejandro.
Thanks Terry, I did my best to cover the most important milestones but I'm sure there are things I've missed. I'll try to keep improving it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/growingupaspen/p/harmony-between-tech-and-humanity?r=2g93c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.