Event Details

January 01, 1983

Description

Meeting regarding the Japanese 5th Generation AI consortium

Participants (6)

Name Type Mentions
Heinz Pagels person 4 View Entity
John person 272 View Entity
John McCarthy person 19 View Entity
Edward Feigenbaum person 2 View Entity
Leader of Japanese consortium person 0 View Entity
marvin minsky person 75 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016816.jpg

Memoir/Essay Excerpt (House Oversight Committee Evidence) • 2.26 MB
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The document is an excerpt from a narrative (likely by literary agent John Brockman) recounting his accidental entry into the world of science publishing. It describes replacing Richard Feynman at a conference in Big Sur, a late-night philosophical encounter with Alan Watts, and his subsequent career representing scientists like Gregory Bateson and John Lilly. The text concludes with a section titled 'The Long AI Winters,' detailing a 1983 meeting in New York involving AI pioneers Marvin Minsky, John McCarthy, and Edward Feigenbaum regarding Japanese advancements in computing.

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Event Metadata

Type
Unknown
Location
New York
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
6
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-20 18:15

Additional Data

Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016816.jpg
Date String
1983

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