Beyond Chatbots: History and Hype Cycles of AI

Date: 04 November 2026, 14:00 – 15:00 (CET)Price: Free (for eligible participants)Format: AI:AT Webinar, ONLINE (Zoom)Target audience: Industry, public admin, academiaLanguage: EnglishOrganizer: AI:ATDiscover how Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolved since 1943, understand concepts and limitations of most important AI techniques, and explore what this means for AI use cases today.AI has inevitably entered the general discussion throughout most fields of our daily lives. However, most people still believe that AI is this new technology that has been released with 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 almost 100 years now, and spans far beyond generative AI tools such as ChatGPT.In this webinar, we dig into the history of AI, and based on the historical background derive the actual scope of the term AI, underlying techniques and potentials, as well as driving forces that lead to multiple hype cycles surrounding the term AI throughout the last decades.Target audienceEveryone is welcome who wants to understand the roots of AI and what is beyond generative AI.This webinar is open and free of charge for all participants 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 AI Factory Austria AI:AT14:05   The History and Hype Cycles of AIHistory of 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 & DiscussionSpeakerDaniel Lehner (AI Factory Austria AI:AT)              Dr. Daniel Lehner works as expert in AI knowledge transfer at AI Factory Austria 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 work with various companies, he also draws on his many years of experience in researching digital twins and artificial intelligence at Johannes Kepler University in Linz.RegistrationRegistration is required, the link to the registration form can be found on the top of this page in the menu on the left. Please register with your official institutional email address to prove your affiliation.You will get the Zoom link in the automatic confirmation by email (subject starting with "[Indico] Registration"), please check your Spam/Junk folders). We will also send 1–2 reminders before the webinar.Please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.Modification, withdrawal & no-show policyYour registration is binding. Please only register for the course if you are really going to attend.You can update your registration data or withdraw your registration anytime before the registration form has been closed via the link "Manage my registration" which you can find at the bottom of your automatic email confirmation (subject starting with "[Indico] Registration").Alternatively, or after the registration form has been closed, please inform us about your cancelation or any change in your registration data (especially your mobile-phone number) via email ([email protected]).No-show policy: If you do not cancel and do not show up at the course you will be blacklisted and excluded from future training events.OrganizersThis webinar is organized 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 support from the Horizon Europe Programm of the European Union and Austria (BMIMI / FFG). 

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