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The story of artificial intelligence

Chapter 1

The birth of thinking machines

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Chapter 2

How machines actually learn

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Chapter 3

AI in our everyday lives

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Chapter 4

The future and ethics of AI

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Ch 1 · The birth of thinking machines
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adriurrego3 1956 Dartmouth Workshop on AI

Dartmouth '56, a summer's bright call, McCarthy said 'AI,' inventing it all! New future begins, for machines that can think.

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When minds of silicon began to grow, At Dartmouth's meeting, the seeds would sow.

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Before screens, coding was just plugging physical wires into glowing walls.

raul Before screens, coding was just plugging physical wires into glowing walls.

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The ultimate test for modern AI was actually written by hand in 1950.

raul The ultimate test for modern AI was actually written by hand in 1950.

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Turing created our ultimate test for AI using a 1950 parlor game.

raul Turing created our ultimate test for AI using a 1950 parlor game.

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Before the cloud, the first AI systems ran entirely on stacks of paper cards.

raul Before the cloud, the first AI systems ran entirely on stacks of paper cards.

Jun 20

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La inteligencia artificial comenzó como un proyecto de verano en 1956.

raul La inteligencia artificial comenzó como un proyecto de verano en 1956.

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Turing didn't crack Enigma alone - Joan Clarke's math was just as critical.

raul Turing didn't crack Enigma alone - Joan Clarke's math was just as critical.

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Joan Clarke was officially hired as a clerk while solving Enigma with Turing.

raul Joan Clarke was officially hired as a clerk while solving Enigma with Turing.

Jun 20

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We were trying to teach machines to think long before we even had microchips.

raul We were trying to teach machines to think long before we even had microchips.

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Our most advanced AI started as a hand-wired maze solver back in 1951.

raul Our most advanced AI started as a hand-wired maze solver back in 1951.

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Quiz

In 1948, the computer science pioneer Alan Turing co-created one of the world's first chess-playing algorithms. Since computers of the era were not powerful enough to execute it, he had to calculate its moves by hand using pencil and paper. What was the name of this early 'paper machine'?

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In 1948, computer scientist Alan Turing co-created one of the first chess-playing programs, called Turochamp. Since computers of that era were not yet powerful enough to run the code, how did Turing test Turochamp in a famous 1952 match?

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The rise and fall of early chess bots

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Fun Fact

First AI music: In 1951, Alan Turing used a giant computer to record three songs, including the British national anthem.

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The summer that named a science

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Glossary
artificial intelligence (noun)
The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. John McCarthy coined the term in 1956 during a seminal workshop at Dartmouth College.

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Quiz

What game did Christopher Strachey successfully program a computer to play in 1951?

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