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play_review The birth of thinking machines

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

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play_review The birth of thinking machines

Alan Turing, with a groundbreaking test, Asked if machines could think their best.

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play_review In 1950, Alan Turing introduced the "Imitation Game," a test for machine intelligence.

When a computer beat the world chess champion

play_review IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer made history in 1997 by defeating world chess champion Garry Kasparov.

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Mechanical chess player: In 1770, a fake chess-playing machine called the Mechanical Turk fooled Europe, but it actually hid a human master inside.

The summer that named artificial intelligence

play_review A small workshop at Dartmouth College in 1956 officially launched the field of artificial intelligence.

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turing test (noun)
A test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from that of a human. Alan Turing proposed this conversational benchmark in 1950 to evaluate if computers could emulate human minds.

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Who proposed the "Imitation Game" in 1950 to test machine intelligence?

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Would you trust a robot friend?

play_review Very toy-like (like My First LeapFrog). * Hello,

play_review The summer that named artificial intelligence

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Which scientist officially coined the term "Artificial Intelligence" in his 1955 Dartmouth workshop proposal?

play_review The winter of disappointment and lost funding

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In what year was the term "Artificial Intelligence" officially coined at a Dartmouth College workshop?

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What term describes the historical periods of reduced funding and interest in AI research?

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Which ancient Greek myth features Talos, a giant bronze automaton designed to protect Crete?

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In 1943, Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts published the first mathematical model of what biological structure?

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Which world chess champion was defeated by IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer in 1997?

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What was the name of the first conversational chatbot, created by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT in 1966?

play_review Alan Turing's Imitation Game tests if a machine can behave intelligently enough to fool a human.

play_review Early programmers focused on games like chess and checkers to prove that computers could handle complex human strategy.

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

play_review In 1956, a small group of scientists gathered at Dartmouth College and officially coined the term artificial intelligence.

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

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Would you trust a robot to referee your favorite sport?

play_review Toy) * *Baby Brain Bots* (Fun, toy-like)

play_review The rise and fall of early chess bots

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What does the term "AI winter" refer to in the history of technology?

play_review The summer that named a science

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Which computer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997?

play_review The cold years of the AI winter

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Who proposed the "Imitation Game" in 1950 to test machine intelligence?

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Who officially coined the phrase "artificial intelligence" for the 1956 Dartmouth conference?

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Which British government report in 1973 led to a major reduction in AI research funding?

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What was the name of the world's first humanoid robot, built in Japan in 1973?

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In what year was the Dartmouth Summer Research Project, which coined the term "artificial intelligence," held?

play_review Deep Blue used brute-force calculation, analyzing up to 200 million chess positions per second.

play_review In 1997, IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue made history by defeating reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match.

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First AI chatbot: In 1966, MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum created ELIZA, a chatbot that mirrored users' words back to them, mimicking a psychotherapist.

play_review A small 1956 workshop at Dartmouth College officially launched artificial intelligence as an academic field of research.

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artificial intelligence (noun)
The simulation of human intelligence processes by computer systems. Computer scientist John McCarthy coined the term in 1956 during a summer workshop at Dartmouth College.

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In what decade did the first 'AI winter' occur due to unmet expectations?

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Would you play chess against an unbeatable computer?

play_review * (2 words) - good. * *My First AI* (3 words)

play_review In his 1950 paper, Turing introduced the 'Imitation Game,' now called the Turing Test.

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What was the name of the 1966 computer program designed to mimic a therapist?

play_review Mathematician John McCarthy coined the term 'Artificial Intelligence' for a six-week summer workshop in 1956.

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In which year did the Dartmouth workshop take place, officially coining the term 'Artificial Intelligence'?

play_review The first major AI winter began in 1974 after a critical UK government report and US funding cuts due to unrealistic expectations.

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What does the term 'AI winter' refer to in the history of technology?

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Who was the world chess champion defeated by IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer in 1997?

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Which scientist coined the term 'Artificial Intelligence' for the 1956 Dartmouth conference?

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Which British mathematician proposed the 'Imitation Game' in 1950 to test machine intelligence?

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How many chess positions could the Deep Blue supercomputer analyze per second during its 1997 match?