This forthcoming book, jointly written by Corinna Elsenbroich (history and philosophy of science) and J?rg Siekmann (one of the founders of AI in Germany) explores the history of the establishment of AI in Germany with respect to two central themes: (A) The pattern of development of a high-tech academic discipline (like AI) with substantial industrial and economic potential, follows an interesting, but different pattern from the well known and much older research subjects. (B) The historical development of AI should not be viewed in isolation, but within the context of the so called ”Third Industrial Revolution”, i.e. the age of information processing and the computer, with all its societal consequences, such as economic globalization as well as the global information on the web.
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