The Intelligence Age: A History of AI

From ancient automata to modern neural networks — the story of thinking machines

75 Milestones
700+ Years of history
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Alan Turing

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Alan Turing

Turing machine

  • Invented the concept of the Turing machine, a fundamental model for modern computing.
  • Played a crucial role in cracking intercepted coded messages during World War II, which was vital to the Allied victory.
  • Formulated the Turing test, an influential thought experiment for artificial intelligence.

Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. His work laid the foundation for the field of computer science and artificial intelligence.

Milestones

  • The Paper That Invented the Computer Before It Existed
    The Theoretical Foundations Research
    The Paper That Invented the Computer Before It Existed

    A 24-year-old mathematician imagined a universal machine on paper, laying the theoretical foundation for every computer — and every AI — that would follow.

    1936
  • Can a Machine Think?
    The Theoretical Foundations Philosophy
    Can a Machine Think?

    Alan Turing published the paper that reframed the oldest question in AI and gave the field its most famous test.

    1950
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