The AI Timeline

By Nova_Poodlez
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    AI History

    The history that AI has been developing on.

  • The First Electronic Computer

    The first electronic computer, ENIAL (electric numerator integrator and computer) was created.
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    Symbolic Artificial intelligence

    Symbolic artificial intelligence began as a specific field of study.

  • The Turning Test

    The turing test was proposed by Alan Turing, a british mathematician, as a test for artificial intelligence. A person uses text messages to communicate with either another person or a computer, neither of which they can see. If the person is unable to tell the difference between the two, the computer program is artificial intelligence. By 2004 no computer program had passed this test.

  • First Neural Network

    Marvin Minsky and Dean Edmonds built the first artificial neural network that simulated a rat finding it's way through a maze.

  • Founded MIT

    John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky founded the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • Creation of ELIZA

    Joseph Weizenbaum created a program called ELIZA that appeared to hold conversations. In fact ELIZA re-phrased each person's question or statement to carry on the conversation.

  • Development Of Shakey

    Stanford University developed a robot called Shakey that could navigate a world of blocks and follow instructions in simple English.

  • Specialties Emerged

    A variety of specialties emerged. For example, Edward Feigenbaum developed the field of expert systems and Marvin Minsky introduced knowledge-representation systems.

  • Technology On A Larger Scale

    For the first time, an AI system controlled a spacecraft (Deep Space 1).

  • Advancements In Systems

    More expert systems were developed. Speech systems able to provide a larger vocabulary.

  • Deep Blue Defeated World Chess Champion

    The supercomputer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov.

  • Development of Web Crawlers

    Web crawlers (programs which search and extract information on the web) became essential for the widespread use of the World Wide Web (WWW)