AI today
As we have discussed in this book, mankind has been attempting to build humanoid forms and robots that either mimic or extend human intelligence for thousands of years. The first known recorded instance of the creation and demonstration of a humanoid invention is 976 BC, in the court of King Mu of the Zhou dynasty, in what is now known as China. [5]
The term artificial intelligence was coined in 1956 at Dartmouth College. [7] Since the founding of the field, we have seen the inventions progress along a development path of playing checkers, to chess, to Jeopardy!, to Go and AlphaGo, and to selected massive online multiplayer games where AI teams compete with human teams and win.
The field of AI has made impressive leaps and bounds in the last 10 years. I am certain that part of the reason that you are reading this book is due to the unmitigated success and widespread interest within the field.
The field of AI owes much and most of its success to the advancements...
