The Forgotten Father of AI: Norbert Wiener's Lasting Legacy Norbert Wiener, a mathematician, laid the foundations for cybernetics in the 1940s.
While Alan Turing and John von Neumann are widely credited with shaping modern computer science, Wiener's contributions to artificial intelligence have been relegated to the footnotes of history.
However, his influence on machine learning, robotics, and multi agent systems is undeniable. Wiener's unique blend of moral, political, and scientific convictions set him apart from his contemporaries.