Commemorating 70 Years of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is the transformative, strategic technology of the early 21st century. It is significantly reshaping practically every aspect of our lives, including in ways that probably no one anticipated. Its rate of adoption and impact have been unprecedented when compared with other technologies. AI as a distinct field was formally established in 1956 at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence , proposed by John McCarthy , Marvin Minsky , Nathaniel Rochester , and Claude Shannon . In their August 1955 proposal for the research project, the scientists introduced the term artificial intelligence and envisioned machines capable of simulating human intelligence. AI is the “science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men,” as defined by Minsky. The professor received the ACM Turing Award , which is often called the “Nob

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According to IEEE Spectrum’s source item, Commemorating 70 Years of Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence is the transformative, strategic technology of the early 21st century. It is significantly reshaping practically every aspect of our lives, including in ways that probably no one anticipated. Its rate of adoption and impact have been unprecedented when compared with other technologies. AI as a distinct field was formally established in 1956 at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence , proposed by John McCarthy , Marvin Minsky , Nathaniel Rochester , and Claude Shannon . In their August 1955 proposal for the research project, the scientists introduced the term artificial intelligence and envisioned machines capable of simulating human intelligence. AI is the “science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men,” as defined by Minsky. The professor received the ACM Turing Award , which is often called the “Nob

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