A Brief History of AI, How Far has it Come ?
The history of artificial intelligence (AI) spans several decades, marked by key milestones and shifts in both technology and philosophical understanding. Here's a brief overview: AI's start, the first AI programs (1950s): AI’s start can be traced all the way to 1956 with the Dartmouth Conference, this is when research into artificial intelligence began, after John McCarthy, an American Computer Scientist, coined the term in 1955. One of the earliest Ai systems was Eliza, an original chatbot which was created by an MIT computer scientist in 1966, it was created as therapy simulation, intended to answer questions based on previous recycled responses. AI’s development: In its development, AI faced a multitude of obstacles and challenges, many early projects never saw the light of day and developers were finding it difficult to find a way to include AI in everyday life. However, by the 1980s, there was a boom in ...