Monthly Archives: October 2015

2015-10-31

Norbert Wiener on the future of AI in 1947

Norbert Wiener (1894 – 1964) was the father of Cybernetics. When he walked into a room, it was reasonably certain that he was the smartest person in the room. Below are his prescient 1947 comments about the future of artificial intelligence, which wasn’t formally named until 1956. …I have said that this new development has […]

2015-10-11

Charles Babbage November 18, 2015

Richard Frisch will present Charles Babbage: The Man Who Invented the Computer at the Redding Mark Twain Library on November 18, 7:30pm. The Library is located at 439 Redding Road, Redding, CT 06896 They can be contacted at 203-938-2545. No man in history has been more ahead of his time. Babbage’s story is one of […]

2015-10-11

Artificial Intelligence – Ridgefield CT

Richard Frisch will present Artificial Intelligence: Its promise and perils at Founder’s Hall in Ridgefield, CT on Friday, October 30, 2015 at 1:00p. We live in a world suffused with Artificial Intelligence (AI). It helps choose what books we buy, what movies we see and even who we date. AI puts the “smart” in our […]