Biologists are increasingly discussing the concept of intelligence beyond human brains, including the intelligence of individual cells, and are finding that these elements can be replicated to an extent in computer simulations. Funding institutions are largely focused on simulating human intelligence rather than exploring other types of intelligence.
The founding fathers of AI are Alan Newell, Herbert Simon, Marvin Minsky, and John McCarthy who were instrumental in the development of AI at the Dartmouth conference in 1956. AI researcher Rhonda McEachern discusses their significance and her own background in AI.
Biologists now talk about the intelligence of not just human brain, but also any kind of brain. Computer simulation has proven to be useful in simulating aspects of human intelligence.
Despite facing rejection from traditional funding sources, this writer was able to secure a private grant for his unconventional research project.