The History of AI

A History

ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE

AI is like a smart computer
brain
It helps machines think and
learn like humans
Examples we use every day:

Siri or Alexa
Netflix recommendations
Social media filters

What is Artificial
Intelligence?

The Early Days (1950s)

Scientists started

thinking about smart

machines

Alan Turing created the

"Turing Test"

Tests if a computer

can think like a

human

First computer

programs that could

play checkers

Simple machines that

could follow basic

commands

Important meeting at
Dartmouth College

Scientists officially named it
"Artificial Intelligence"

They believed computers
could:

Solve math problems
Understand words
Learn new things

The Birth of AI (1956)

Scientists faced
big problems
Computers
weren't powerful
enough

Many people lost
hope in AI

But some
scientists kept
working hard

The First AI Winter (1970s)

Money for research
decreased

Faster computers
made AI stronger

Important
breakthroughs:

Better speech
recognition

Big companies like

Google and Facebook

use AI

Modern AI Success

(2000s-2010s)

Important
breakthroughs:

Computers that
can see
pictures

Important
breakthroughs:

Robots that can
move around

AI helps us with:

Homework help
Video games
Smart homes
Self-driving cars
Used in schools, hospitals,
and stores

AI Today

It is important

to use AI
carefully

Things to

Remember:
Don’t share
private
information
Check AI
answers
Ask teachers
for help

AI Safety and Rules

We need

rules to keep

AI Safe

FUTURE OF AI

AI will keep getting smarter
Might help solve big problems:

Climate change
Medical discoveries
Space exploration

Important to learn about AI for
future jobs