Artificial Intelligence and Its Rapid Evolution Towards Growth

The evolution of artificial intelligence is a noteworthy part of tech history

1943- The birth of technology

World War two brought together scientists from many disciplines. Their discussion took the form of an invention called the Turning Test, which set the bar for an intelligent machine.

1956- Scientists coin the name 'Artificial Intelligence'

The term 'Artificial Intelligence' was coined for a summer conference at Dartmouth University, organised by a young computer scientist named John McCarthy.

1969- The debut of the first mobile robot

Shakey, the first general-purpose robot was able to make decisions on its own actions by reasoning about its surroundings.

1981- AI becomes an investment space

After the AI winter when the world went into rough weather on tech grounds, people started realising the commercial value of artificial intelligence and started investing in it.

1997- The man vs machine fight begins

IBM-built machine Deep Blue becomes the first computer chess-playing program to beat a reigning world-class champion. It is capable of evaluating up to 200 million positions a second.