The year was 1956 and the place was Dartmouth College.

In a research proposal, a math professor used a term that was then entirely new

and entirely fanciful, artificial intelligence.

There's nothing fanciful about AI anymore.

The directors of the Stanford Institute for Human Center Artificial Intelligence,

John Echamendi, and, and Faye Lee. On

Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson.

Philosopher John Echementi served from 2000 to 2017 as provost here at Stanford University.

Dr Echamendi received his undergraduate degree from the University of Nevada

before earning his doctorate in philosophy at Stanford.

He earned that doctorate in 1983 and became a member of the Stanford Philosophy Department the very next year.

He's the author of a number of books, including the 1990 volume The Concept of Logical

Consequence. Since stepping down as provost, Dr. Echamendi has held a number of

positions at Stanford, including, and for our purposes today this is the relevant

position co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Born in Beijing, Dr. Faye Faye Lee, moved to this country at the age of 15.

She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton and a doctorate in electrical engineering

from the California Institute of Technology.

Now a professor of computer science here at Stanford, Dr Lee is the founder once again

of the Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Dr Lee's memoir published just last year,

The Worlds I See, Curiosity Exploration and Discovery

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