An Artificial Intelligence timeline going back to 400 BC can be found here! You can find many others via Google.
Tara Abatemarco, Deepak Arora, and Jeffrey Lees all found the above mentioned the A.I Lab at MIT: Tara says, "MIT's Artificial Intelligence laboratory has been an active entity since 1959. This website helps people understand the nature of engineering intelligence and robotics." Deepak adds, "The goal of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT is different than most AI research. It is actually focused on better understanding humans, rather than enhancing artificial intelligence capabilities. What the members of the AI lab at MIT yearn to figure out, mainly, is how the human mind operates." Jeffrey writes, "The AI lab at MIT is working to understand how the human brain works. Therefore their lab is much more heavily based towards vision, robotics and language as keys to understanding intelligence. Students and Faculty at the lab are now working together in an attempt to solve a great mystery of science."
Marshall Annis suggests this article on A.I. in Game Design: "In the article ³Artificial Intelligence in Game Design², Tim Schreiner writes about how Artificial Intelligence is being used in the latest video games. He analyzes the three important roles that A.I. plays in the development of video games. He also explains how far A.I. has come in the last decade and how there is still much room for improvement."
Paul Chuong's site is Generation5.org: "Generation 5 is dedicated to providing information on all aspects of artificial intelligence. Generation 5 covers topics such as robotics, AI programming, genetic algorithms and more. This website also features links to articles that speak about the future moral and ethical problems
that artificial intelligence may pose to us, and also links that analyze such present AI creations like the AIBO dog.
John Fleming suggests this article by Marvin Minsky at MIT: "Minsky writes in his article on MIT's website that in order for AI to flourish, computer systems that use "common sense" must be developed. The problems he sees begins with the fact that knowledge cannot be put into a computer until knowledge can be represented somehow. Only until a system has many different methods of solving many different problems, will we see the technology develop beyond our wildest dreams."
Chris Gilmore sends this site from the Singularity Institute for Artificial Technology: " The Singularity Institute for Artificial Technology is a non-profit organization that specializes in the field of Singularity, or linking computers directly to human brains. Among their projects is the attempt to create self improving Artifiial Intelligence, which they feel truly displays intelligence. It is their belief that they will soon be able to accomplish this, making humans healthier and even smarter ourselves.
Stephanie Kealey sends this site from TriumphPC.com that deals with John Lennon: "This link from Triumph PC online allows one to chat with a "Persona-Bot" that possesses the personality and thoughts of John Lennon. The
Persona-Bot is a robot with a unique and authentic human personality. Read about the history of Persona-Bots, find out what others are saying about the 'virtual Beatle', or join in the chat yourself!"
Kristy Klein sends this article from John McCarthy on "What is Artificial Intelligence?": ""What is Artificial Intelligence?" at http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0088.html?printable=1 , written by John McCarthy, a pioneer in AI, attempts to answer questions about Artificial Intelligence for the general public. He talks about such things from what exactly artificial intelligence means, to how far away AI is from reaching human level intelligence. I found this article to be easy to understand, and good for anybody who wants more information on the topic. The format is a simple Question/Answer format, which makes it easy to follow. Webmaster's note: notice from the URL that the main site for this page is called KurzweilAI.net
Julie Lauenger provides this abstract from Rodney A. Brooks: "Rodney Brooks of the MIT A.I. labrortory wrote that the next step in A.I. development should be creating more lifelike features. Brooks describes that today's A.I. technology can only perform small tasks. He suggests we might be missing "simple mathmatics" present in living systems." Webmaster's note: This is in PDF format
Blake Loscalzo provides this link to the American Association for Artificial Intelligence: "The American Association for Artificial Intelligence is a group of individuals who dedicate their time studying and informing others about the potential of technological advancements. This site is composed of a variety of information on membership to the association, current advancements, and a library available full of facts relating to artificial
intelligence."
April Mahoney suggests this site from the University of Washington: "The computer science webpage from the University of Washington features this page, which links to the formal collection of articles entitled JAIR, or the journal of artificial intelligence research. Many different types of articles on AI are available through the JAIR collection. The articles date back to 1993 and run to the present, and are very useful for anyone doing research on the topic or artificial intelligence."
Kevin Manoni provides this article from MSNBC.com: "Becky Ham sums up the "nanoworld" technologies being researched with great success today. Most Americans can understand how technology is shrinking by visualizing microprocessors in inches and centimeters, but the real shrinking technologies are measured in nanometers and micrometers. A lab-on-a-chip, polymer actuators that can lift at a ratio of 43,000:1, and a 670-micrometer-long microrobot arm are some of the new nanotechnologies that are seeing positive results and practical applications."
Taki Naito sends this site from Sony: "In Sony Electronics news and information site http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/1261 an article was posted about an Artificial Intelligence demonstration called Robocup. Robocup features the latest in technological advances in robotics, that includes
robots playing soccer, rescue robots simulating rescue missions and the demonstration of the pet dog, Aibo.
Katie O'Keeffe sends this link from GameAI.com: "GameAI.com is devoted to the enhancement of using AI in almost any component of technology, especially computer games. Included in this site is a listing of categories that depict exactly what topics AI may fall under. From discussions to computer components, GameAI.com covers it all."
Michelle Spangle sends this article from New Science Magazine: "Within New Scientist Magazine, there is an article titled ³The future of Artificial Intelligence² by Dr. Mark Humphrys. He discusses the
definition of artificial intelligence, suggesting past definitions have hindered progress. He says that fear of artificial intelligence is unfounded, provides a history of its development, and makes optimistic predictions about its future. These predictions include robot pets, smart cars,
and robots able to perform dangerous or unpleasant tasks.
Jan Voolstra's site is ASIMO from Honda: "Honda has be on the cutting edge of technology dealing with cars; they have also been working on humanoid robot technology and in 2000 they introduced ASIMO. ASIMO is Hondas' first attempt at developing A.I., he is capable of facial recognition, and following directions in common
house hold tasks. If you are interested in ASIMO check it out."
Becky Allen suggests this site from Sandia National Labs: "The Nanoscience and Nanotechnology website of Sandia National Laboraties, operated by Lockheed Martin Corporation for the Department of Energy¹s National Nuclear Security Administration, emphasizes the importance of studying the micro world because of its many differences from the macro world. Sandia helped establish such things as the atom-tracker scanning tunneling micrograph and micro-labs. Their current focus is on nanochemistry, nanomechanics, nano-optics, and self-assembled monolayers."
Paul Lavoie suggests this nanotechnology site from NASA: "The CNT or Center for Nanotechnology created by NASA is a good example of a page that promotes nanotechnology research. CNT contains detailed information on nanotechnology, a gallery of images of nanotechnology projects, and information on integrating nanotechnology and computational electronics."
Sophie Moravej sends this site from the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology: "www.crnano.org is the home page of The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, an affiliate of World Care. This organization is dedicated to informing the public about the both the benefits and harms of nanotechnology. They see the greatest act of prevention of misuse is to keep people informed and so, to raise awareness, they research the industry¹s effect on different sectors of our society and publish their findings."
