History of AI
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The w:history of artificial intelligence (AI) began in antiquity, with myths, stories and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence or consciousness by master craftsmen. The seeds of modern AI were planted by philosophers who attempted to describe the process of human thinking as the mechanical manipulation of symbols. This work culminated in the invention of the programmable digital computer in the 1940s, a machine based on the abstract essence of mathematical reasoning. This device and the ideas behind it inspired a handful of scientists to begin seriously discussing the possibility of building an electronic brain.
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[edit]- We refer to the question: What sort of creature man’s next successor in the supremacy of the earth is likely to be
- Samuel Butler according to w:Darwin among the Machines Darwin among the Machines (w:The Press 13 June 1863 in Christchurch)