The AI Wars: lessons from the conflict that paralyzed the field

The story behind a conflict that shaped the development and research of the Artificial Intelligence field.

A young Frank Rosenblatt is at the peak of his career as a psychologist, he created an artificial brain that could learn skills for the first time in history, even the New York Times covered his story. But a friend from his childhood publishes a book criticizing his work, unleashing an intellectual war that paralyzed the investigation on AI for…