Roots of artificial intelligence may stretch back to antiquity

Roots of artificial intelligence may stretch back to antiquity

The current fervour around AI raises the question of whether we are standing on the threshold of a new technological era, or merely chasing another fleeting dream. History shows that the roots of artificial intelligence reach back millennia, as people have long pondered whether they could ever create life. The hype surrounding AI today has ballooned into a spectacular phenomenon, yet enthusiasm for technological innovation is by no means new. Th…

Putting the “Art” into Artificial Intelligence, or Banksy on Steroids

by Malcolm Murray As I discussed AI with my cabdriver on a recent trip to Vienna, I was reminded of the fact that the German word for AI is Künstliche Intelligenz. This shares an etymological root with the word Kunst, German for Art. This made me realize that of course we have that in English too, the “Art” is right there in Artificial Intelligence, we have just overlooked it. The words have diverged over time, from their common Proto-Germanic r…