Author: Ana Luize Corrêa Bertoncini

The Main Historical Influences on the Development of Artificial Intelligence

When we think about artificial intelligence (AI), it is easy to imagine recent advancements, such as virtual assistants and autonomous vehicles. However, the roots of AI are deeply connected to philosophical questions and scientific advancements spanning centuries. AI is the result of a rich intersection of ideas from multiple fields, each contributing to the formation […]

What is Artificial Intelligence? (Part 3)

I started this series of posts here, discussing the creation of the term “artificial intelligence” at the Dartmouth conference, focusing on the words and the scientific context. Subsequently, I moved from the historical context to the broader history here, showing that artificial intelligence has been in people’s imaginations for much longer, not just in the […]

What is Artificial Intelligence? (Part 2)

In November 2022, I started this series of posts about what artificial intelligence (AI) is. In the first part, I proposed that readers identify the AI around them or that comes into their heads. I argued that the difficulty in understanding this technology may come from the lack of consensus on what it is. If deciphering intelligence […]

What is Artificial Intelligence? (Part 1)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming one of those terms that everyone knows, talks about, but when thinking about its definition, difficulties arise. So, I start this text by suggesting a reflection: first, think about what AI is and then look around you and try to identify where it is acting. Don’t worry if it wasn’t […]

New technology, old dilemmas: how artificial intelligence is bringing up classic philosophical arguments

In 1956, at the Dartmouth Workshop, John MacCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence (AI) along with other prominent authors: Marvin Minsky, Herbert Simon, and Allen Newell. The origin of AI benefited from the intersection of two significant intellectual developments of the time, the cognitive revolution and the theory of computability, and brought from the imagination […]

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