Era of AI

Allan Turing‟s Question

John McCarthy, Father of AI, coined the term „Artificial Intelligence‟ as part of his proposal at "Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence." which defined the scope and goals of AI. This is widely considered to be the birth of AI as we know it today.

the first lab is established. John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky founded the MIT Artificial Intelligence Project

first powerful use-case of AI. Stanford University developed MYCIN which helped physicians to identify the bacterial infections such as meningitis.

As computing technology improved, cheaper alternatives emerged and the Lisp machine market collapsed in 1987, ushering in the "Second AI Winter." During this period, expert systems proved too expensive to maintain and update, eventually falling out of favor.

first computer to beat a chess champion. IBM's Deep Blue beats world chess champion Gary Kasparov.

robots replacing humans. Amazon decided to replace human with basic AI systems on some jobs.

Apple releases Siri, an AI-powered virtual assistant through its iOS operating system.

Google DeepMind's AlphaGo defeats world champion Go player Lee Sedol. The complexity of the ancient Chinese game was seen as a major hurdle to clear in AI.

The first "robot citizen", a humanoid robot named Sophia, is created by Hanson Robotics and is capable of facial recognition, verbal communication and facial expression.

Google releases natural language processing engine BERT, reducing barriers in translation and understanding by machine learning applications.

Waymo launches its Waymo One service, allowing users throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area to request a pick-up from one of the company's self-driving vehicles.

Baidu releases its LinearFold AI algorithm to scientific and medical teams working to develop a vaccine during the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The algorithm is able to predict the RNA sequence of the virus in just 27 seconds, 120 times faster than other methods.