AI history

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  • Antiquity
    1 BCE

    Antiquity

    Greek myths already suggested ideas of intelligent robots such as the myths of Hephaestus and Pygmalion
  • 1st century
    1 CE

    1st century

    Heron created mechanical men
  • Calculating machine

    David Pascal invented the first digital calculating machine, the mechanical calculator
  • First electronic computer

    First electronic computer

    Konrad zuse built the first electronic computer
  • EDSAC

    EDSAC

    First stored programme computer is invented-EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator)
  • "Turning Test"

    "Turning Test"

    The “Turnin Test” is proposed by Alan Turner, considered one of the fathers of computing engineering, to measure mechanical intelligence.
  • Ferranti Mark 1 machine

    Ferranti Mark 1 machine

    First working AI programmes written to run on the Ferranti Mark 1 machine of Manchester University.
  • "The Logic Thorist"

    "The Logic Thorist"

    Programme “The Logic Theorist” considered by many the first AI programme developed by Herbert Simpson and Newell Shaw
  • GPS

    GPS

    First version of the GPS created by the same theorists
  • LIPS language

    LIPS language

    LISP language developed by John McCarthy, the language preferred among AI developers.
  • UNIMATE

    UNIMATE

    UNIMATE, the first industrial robot began to work at General Motors.
  • ELIZA

    ELIZA

    ELIZA, an interactive program that could carry a dialogue in English on any topic built by Joseph Weizenbaum.
  • Shakey

    Shakey

    Shakey, the first mobile robot to use artificial intelligence
  • The Stanford Car

    The Stanford Car

    The first car to be computer controlled is created by Hans Moravec, The Stanford Car
  • Deep Blue chess machine

    Deep Blue chess machine

    The Deep Blue chess machine beats chess world champion Garry Kasparov.
  • The Normand robot & robot pets

    The Normand robot explores the Artantica, robot pets become commercially avaliable.
  • Sophia

    Sophia

    Robot Sophia becomes the first robot with a citizenship, becoming a citizen of Arabia Saudi.