History of AI: 1950 - The Time When It All Started

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History of AI

The first patent for the invention of the telephone happened in 1876 and AI
was introduced at a much later stage.

In true terms, the field of AI research was founded at a workshop held on

the campus of Dartmouth College during the summer of 1956. At that time,
it was predicted that a machine as intelligent as a human being would exist
in no more than a generation and they were given millions of dollars to
make this vision come true.

Investment and interest in AI rose in the first decades of the 21st century.
From that time, Machine Learning was successfully applied to many
problems in academia and industry due to the presence of a powerful
computer.

1950 – The time when it all started

So now this concept has been around for decades but, until 1950, people
were unaware of the term. John McCarthy who is known as the founder of
Artificial Intelligence introduced the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ in the year
1955. McCarthy along with Alan Turing, Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon,
and Marvin Minsky is known as the founding fathers of AI. Alan suggested
that if humans use available information, as well as reason, to solve
problems to make decisions – then why can’t it be done with the help of
machines?

1974 – Computers flourished!

Gradually with time, the wave of computers started. With time, they
became faster, more affordable and able to store more information. The
best part was that they could think abstractly, able to self-recognize and
achieved Natural Language Processing.
1980 – The year of AI
In 1980, AI research fired back up with an expansion of funds and
algorithmic tools. With deep learning techniques, the computer learned
with the user experience.

2000’s – Landed to the Landmark

After all the failed attempts, the technology was successfully established
but, until it was in the 2000s that the landmark goals were achieved. At
that time, AI thrived despite a lack of government funds and public
attention.

 What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence is a way of making a computer, a computer-controlled robot, or a
software think intelligently, in the similar manner the intelligent humans think.
AI is accomplished by studying how human brain thinks, and how humans learn, decide, and
work while trying to solve a problem, and then using the outcomes of this study as a basis of
developing intelligent software and systems.
Artificial intelligence is a science and technology based on disciplines such as Computer
Science, Biology, Psychology, Linguistics, Mathematics, and Engineering. A major thrust
of AI is in the development of computer functions associated with human intelligence,
such as reasoning, learning, and problem solving.