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The Turing Test
Alan Turing proposes the Turing test to evaluate if a computer could exhibit intelligence indistinguishable from that of a human. Originally known as the imitation game, the Turing test has been enormously influential on the field of artificial intelligence (AI). -
A-0 introduced by Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper finished the A-0, an early computer compiler for the UNIVAC I. The compiler translated mathematical notations in written in English into machine language. Compilers have led to the development of many modern programming languages. -
Direct Keyboard Input to Computers
MIT Researchers introduced direct keyboard input to computers, prior to this users used punched cards or paper tape to input data. This was the precursor to today’s computer keyboards. -
Fortran Introduced
Fortran, a programming language, was developed by John Backus and team at IBM. Fortran was widely used for scientific and technical computing and is still in use today. -
Creation of Lisp
John McMCarthy at MIT invents Lisp, a programming language originally developed as mathematical notation for computer programs and is today still used in artificial intelligence and machine learning.