The history of artificial intelligence began in antiquity, with myths, stories, and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence by master craftsmen.
Al-Jazari's programmable automata (1206 CE)
Gottfried Leibniz, who speculated that human reason could be reduced to mechanical calculation
The IBM 702: a computer used by the first generation of AI researchers.
Alan Turing in 1951
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Artificial intelligence is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision
History of artificial intelligence
…later AI research. Alan Turing was among the first people to seriously investigate the theoretical possibility of "machine intelligence". The field of "artificial intelligence research" was founded as an academic discipline in 1956. In 1950, Turing published a landmark paper, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence", in which he speculated…
Kismet, a robot head made in the 1990s, is a machine that can recognise and simulate emotions.
Raspberry Pi AI Kit
Street art in Tel Aviv
The first global AI Safety Summit was held in the United Kingdom in November 2023 with a declaration calling for international cooperation.