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SUMMARY:Beyond Chatbots: History and Hype Cycles of AI
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UID:indico-event-335@events.asc.ac.at
CONTACT:training@ai-at.eu
DESCRIPTION:Date: 04 November 2026\, 14:00 – 15:00 (CET)Price: Free (f
 or eligible participants)Format: AI:AT Webinar\, ONLINE (Zoom)Target audi
 ence: Industry\, public admin\, academiaLanguage: EnglishOrganizer: AI:
 ATDiscover how Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolved since 1943\, understan
 d concepts and limitations of most important AI techniques\, and explore w
 hat this means for AI use cases today.AI has inevitably entered the genera
 l discussion throughout most fields of our daily lives. However\, most peo
 ple still believe that AI is this new technology that has been released wi
 th the launch of ChatGPT in 2022. What most people are not aware of is the
  fact that AI is actually a topic that organizations are working on for al
 most 100 years now\, and spans far beyond generative AI tools such as Chat
 GPT.In this webinar\, we dig into the history of AI\, and based on the his
 torical background derive the actual scope of the term AI\, underlying tec
 hniques and potentials\, as well as driving forces that lead to multiple h
 ype cycles surrounding the term AI throughout the last decades.Target audi
 enceEveryone is welcome who wants to understand the roots of AI and what i
 s beyond generative AI.This webinar is open and free of charge for all par
 ticipants from academia\, industry\, and public administration from EU and
 /or EuroHPC JU member countries.Entry level & prerequisitesBeginner – no
  prior AI knowledge is required.Agenda14:00   Welcome & Presentation of A
 I Factory Austria AI:AT14:05   The History and Hype Cycles of AIHistory o
 f AI Different approaches of defining AI throughout history Overview of 
 AI techniques and their popularity within the last decades Driving forces
  of AI adoption within the last decades14:50   Questions & DiscussionSpea
 kerDaniel Lehner (AI Factory Austria AI:AT)              Dr.
  Daniel Lehner works as expert in AI knowledge transfer at AI Factory Aust
 ria AI:AT. He also works as a consultant and trainer at TwinTech\, helping
  companies to efficiently exploit the potential of digitalization through 
 the use of artificial intelligence and digital twins. In addition to his w
 ork with various companies\, he also draws on his many years of experience
  in researching digital twins and artificial intelligence at Johannes Kepl
 er University in Linz.RegistrationRegistration is required\, the link to t
 he registration form can be found on the top of this page in the menu on t
 he left. Please register with your official institutional email address to
  prove your affiliation.You will get the Zoom link in the automatic confir
 mation by email (subject starting with "[Indico] Registration")\, please c
 heck your Spam/Junk folders). We will also send 1–2 reminders before the
  webinar.Please do not hesitate to contact us at training@ai-at.eu if you 
 have any questions.Modification\, withdrawal & no-show policyYour registra
 tion is binding. Please only register for the course if you are really goi
 ng to attend.You can update your registration data or withdraw your regist
 ration anytime before the registration form has been closed via the link "
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 ly your mobile-phone number) via email (training@ai-at.eu).No-show policy:
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 sted and excluded from future training events.OrganizersThis webinar is or
 ganized by AI Factory Austria AI:AT.AcknowledgementsAI Factory Austria AI:
 AT has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint
  Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101253078. The JU receives supp
 ort from the Horizon Europe Programm of the European Union and Austria (BM
 IMI / FFG). \n\nhttps://events.asc.ac.at/event/335/
LOCATION:Zoom (ONLINE)
URL:https://events.asc.ac.at/event/335/
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