How Did AI Get Started?

March 19, 2024

Jeremy Kedziora, Ph.D., Endowed Chair of Artificial Intelligence at Milwaukee School of Engineering, traces the genealogy of AI, highlighting its decades-long evolution. Dating back to the 1940s and 1950s, pioneers like Alan Turing laid the groundwork, defining AI as enabling computers to emulate human decision-making. The early years saw the development of various primitive AI capabilities, including Arthur Samuel's Checkers playing AI. By the 1980s, increased computing power ushered in an era of machine learning, where computers learned from data. The 2010s witnessed the rise of deep learning, exemplified by technologies like Chat GPT, showcasing the ongoing journey of AI's development and integration.