A journey through the AI evolution
The landscape of AI has traversed a remarkable evolutionary path, transforming from theoretical concepts to tangible solutions. Initially conceived as an ambitious pursuit to replicate human intelligence in machines, AI has evolved exponentially, navigating through several phases of development. To grasp the full potential of generative AI, it is important to explore some of the pivotal events and visionaries who have set the AI stage.
- 1950 – 1970:
- Inception: Alan Turing and John McCarthy laid the groundwork for AI.
- Early stages: Emergence of symbolic reasoning and logic-based problem solving.
- 1980 – 1990:
- Challenges: AI faced setbacks like the machine translation failure.
- AI winter: Lack of funding and progress led to setbacks.
- Progress: Expert systems with rule-based AI emerged.
- 2000 – 2010:
- Surge of big data AI: Cloud computing and machine learning fueled AI.
- Breakthroughs: Deep learning powered significant...
