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Early AI Timeline (1950s-1980s)

Timeline of AI Development

Did You Know? In 1956, the Dartmouth Conference

marked the formal inception of artificial intelligence as a
distinct field of study.
The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence (1950s)

The 1950s marked the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a
formal field of research. The Dartmouth Workshop in 1956—
organized by John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Claude Shannon,
and Allen Newell—is widely recognized as the moment AI was
formally introduced.

Key Milestones:

1950: Alan Turing proposed the Turing Test, a method for
determining if a machine exhibits human-like intelligence.

Example:

➢ Human: What is 2 + 2?

➢ AI: 4

➢ Human: Do you like music?

➢ AI: Yes, I enjoy jazz.

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