The history of artificial intelligence (AI) development can be broadly divided into three periods:
- 1950s-1970s: First AI boom
In the 1950s, the concept of AI was established with the proposal of the Turing test by Alan Turing and the naming of "artificial intelligence" by John McCarthy. In the 1960s, AI achieved results that surpassed humans in the fields of games and chess. This period is known as the "first AI boom."
- 1970s-1980s: Winter era
However, in the 1970s, the limitations of AI in solving real-world problems became clear, and AI research stagnated. This period is known as the "winter era."
- 1980s-present: Second AI boom and beyond
In the 1980s, AI research became active again with advances in machine learning technology. In the 1990s, the spread of the Internet led to a dramatic increase in the data and computing resources needed for AI research. Since the 2000s, the performance of AI has improved dramatically with the advancement of deep learning technology, and this trend continues to the present day.
Major events
- 1950: Alan Turing proposes the Turing test
- 1956: John McCarthy names "artificial intelligence"
- 1957: Marvin Minsky announces the "perceptron"
- 1958: Allen Newell proves Gödel's incompleteness theorems by computer
- 1967: Edward Feigenbaum announces "neural networks"
- 1972: The chess program "Tank" defeats chess world champion Bobby Fischer
- 1982: Bayes' theorem, a statistical inference-based approach to machine learning, is proposed
- 1997: The chess program "Deep Blue" defeats chess world champion Garry Kasparov
- 2006: AlexNet, a deep learning-based approach to image recognition, is proposed
- 2011: DeepSpeech, a deep learning-based approach to speech recognition, is proposed
- 2012: ImageNet, a deep learning-based approach to image recognition, is proposed
- 2015: BERT, a deep learning-based approach to natural language processing, is proposed
Present
AI is now being used in a wide variety of fields, and its range of applications is expected to continue to expand. For example, AI is expected to be used in fields where it can perform complex judgment and processing in place of humans, such as self-driving cars, medical diagnosis, and financial transactions.
The development of AI is still in its early stages, and there are still many challenges and problems to be overcome. However, AI research is progressing steadily, and it is very likely that AI will have a major impact on human life.
Chronology of AI development
Here is a more detailed chronology of AI development:
1950s
- Alan Turing publishes his paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence," in which he proposes the Turing test as a measure of machine intelligence.
- John McCarthy coins the term "artificial intelligence" at a conference at Dartmouth College.
- The first AI research labs are established at MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and Stanford University.
1960s
- ELIZA, a chatbot developed by Joseph Weizenbaum, is released.
- The first successful game-playing AI programs are developed, including checkers, chess, and go.
- The LISP programming language, which is well-suited for AI development, is created.
1970s
- The first AI winter begins, as researchers struggle to develop AI systems that can solve real-world problems.
- The development of expert systems begins. Expert systems are computer programs that encode the knowledge of human experts in a particular field.
1980s
- The second AI boom begins, as researchers make advances in machine learning and other AI techniques.
- The backpropagation algorithm, a key algorithm for training neural networks, is developed.
- The first AI-powered products are released, such as the Hearsay II speech recognition system and the Pathfinder knowledge base.
1990s
- The Internet revolution begins, making it easier to collect and share data, which is essential for AI research.
- Deep learning begins to emerge as a powerful new approach to AI.
- AI-powered products become increasingly common, such as spam filters and product recommenders.
2000s and beyond
- Deep learning continues to advance, and