June 2018
Spiritual motherhood
Monday May 21, the day after Pentecost, was the first time that the Catholic Church celebrated the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. Pope Francis declared this day’s new feast. We publish some reflections by Focolare founder Chiara Lubich on Mary in her role as Mother of the Church and what that could mean for our lives
Fighting for a free internet
Fadi Chehadé is a specialist concerned about security — and says it’s not too late to fix things. How can we govern our virtual world?
Artificial allies
Despite potential risks, machines and humans can work together to improve the human condition
Delight in the simple joys
Failure, forgiveness, laughter: it’s all part of fatherhood
Dropping my defenses
A driving accident during my morning commute had unexpected consequences
What’s your take?
Pope Francis visits Loppiano
In a joyful visit, the pope encourages everyone to remain faithful to their roots and trust in the future
Rise of the machines: an AI timeline
Rise of the machines: an AI timeline
Compiled by Emilie Christy
1952
Arthur Samuel joins IBM’s Poughkeepsie Laboratory and begins work on some of the very first machine learning programs, first creating programs that play checkers.
1956
The term “artificial intelligence” is coined at a summer conference at Dartmouth University, organized by young computer scientist John McCarthy.
Brains on our minds
Despite potential risks, machines and humans can work together to improve the human condition
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