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2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 694-696
Author(s):  
Martje de Vries
Keyword(s):  
Athanasius Kircher

scholarly journals Idea of Artificial Intelligence

Studia Humana ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 37-65
Author(s):  
Kazimierz Trzęsicki
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
New Period ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
The New Period ◽  
Athanasius Kircher

AbstractArtificial Intelligence, both as a hope of making substantial progress, and a fear of the unknown and unimaginable, has its roots in human dreams. These dreams are materialized by means of rational intellectual efforts. We see the beginnings of such a process in Lullus’s fancies. Many scholars and enthusiasts participated in the development of Lullus’s art, ars combinatoria. Amongst them, Athanasius Kircher distinguished himself. Gottfried Leibniz ended the period in which the idea of artificial intelligence was shaped, and started the new period, in which artificial intelligence could be considered part of science, by today’s standards.

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