🤖 Will AI replace 80% of jobs? Will AI drastically change our lives? While everyone has these doubts, the real question should be: How did we actually get here and what's the real story behind the hottest topic everyone in Silicon Valley is watching?

🔛Introducing Bridging Gaps RenAIssance, a new series of AI events where we will explore the AI revolution: models, agents, business, regulations and risks. We are excited to announce our first event of the series:

“#1 AI Before the 2025 Milestone: From Origins to Revolution" with David Turturean, MIT researcher and student in AI & astrophysics.

David brings a rare perspective from inside the machine: working on developing the MIT AI Risk Index platform at MIT CSAIL, presenting AI safety concerns to US Congress, attending Y Combinator's AI Summer School with Elon Musk and Sam Altman and researching cross-model alignment at MIT's Algorithmic Alignment Group.

In this journey we'll explore:

🔹The forgotten AI Winter: Research of Alan Turing and John McCarthy.

🔹The breakthrough decade: What actually changed between 2012-2022 (hint: it wasn't just compute power).

🔹Where we are NOW: The real capabilities and progress slopes vs. media and social media narratives in late 2025.

🔹The 2025 milestone: Why researchers believe this year marks a critical transition.

🔹The untold research story: How MIT, OpenAI, DeepMind, as well as third-party non-industry, non-academia institutions actually conduct AI research.

Join us for the historical and technical story of humanity's most ambitious project, told by an expert from across the ocean, a “most wanted” talent in the AI Industry.

📅 When: 30 September, 18:00 EET - Romania Time Zone.

💻 Where: Online, the presentation will be held in Romanian.

👥 For: Students, professionals, AI-related decision leaders and anyone who wants to understand AI's trajectory up to this point - not just its current hype.

🔗 Free registration here: https://forms.office.com/e/5zf9vBueww

All viewpoints expressed throughout the duration of this event are solely those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of MIT, MIT CSAIL, or any other affiliated institutions or organizations.