Artificial Intelligence (AI) has evolved from an ambitious concept to an influential force transforming industries, shaping economies, and influencing daily life. From its theoretical roots in the mid-20th century to today's sophisticated deep learning applications, AI has taken a journey marked by groundbreaking moments and monumental events. The following explores some of the most pivotal events that pushed AI forward, tracing the evolution of this field from abstract concept to operational reality. 1. The Birth of Artificial Intelligence (1956) The formal inception of AI can be traced to the summer of 1956, when a small group of scientists gathered at Dartmouth College for a workshop organized by John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, and Claude Shannon. This event, known as the Dartmouth Conference, is credited as the official birth of artificial intelligence as a distinct scientific discipline. McCarthy and his colleagues hypothesized that “every aspect of lea...
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