Brief history of AI

  • 1950s: Birth of AI
    • Alan Turing proposes the Turing Test
    • John McCarthy coins the term “Artificial Intelligence”
    • AI was mostly a dream without practical implementation
  • 1970s: Expert Systems
    • MYCIN: Rule-based AI system to detect bacteria.
  • 1990s: Machine Learning and Data Mining
    • Computers became powerful enough to collect and organize data
    • Enabling statistical advances and algorithm design.
  • 1997: Deep Blue
    • IBM’s Deep Blue defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov
  • 2010s: Deep Learning Revolution
    • Google’s AlphaGo defeating Go champion Lee Sedol in 2016
    • More difficult than Chess
  • 2020s: AI in Everyday Life
    • Virtual assistants
    • Autonomous vehicles
    • Healthcare Diagnostics
    • Discussions on ethics and regulations