Associate Professor Sandra Peter
Imagine a group of young men gathered at a picturesque college campus in New England, in the United States, during the northern summer of 1956.
It’s a small casual gathering. But the men are not here for campfires and nature hikes in the surrounding mountains and woods. Instead, these pioneers are about to embark on an experimental journey that will spark countless debates for decades to come and change not just the course of technology – but the course of humanity.
Welcome to the Dartmouth Conference – the birthplace of artificial intelligence (AI) as we know it today.
What transpired here would ultimately lead to ChatGPT and the many other kinds of AI which now help us diagnose disease, detect fraud, put together playlists and write articles (well, not this one). But it would also create some of the many problems the field is still trying to overcome. Perhaps by looking back, we can find a better way forward.
