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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Herbert A. Simon

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Herbert A. Simon

Decision-making theory

  • Developed the theory of bounded rationality.
  • Co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in decision-making.
  • Contributed to the fields of organizational design and cognitive science.

Herbert Alexander Simon was an influential American scholar who made substantial contributions to economics, computer science, and cognitive psychology, particularly in the area of decision-making theory.

Milestones

  • The Program That Proved Theorems Before AI Had a Name
    The Theoretical Foundations Research
    The Program That Proved Theorems Before AI Had a Name

    Months before the Dartmouth Conference coined 'artificial intelligence,' the Logic Theorist became the first program to autonomously prove mathematical theorems — and one of its proofs was more elegant than the human original.

    1955
  • The Summer That Named a Revolution
    The Dawn of AI Research
    The Summer That Named a Revolution

    A small workshop at Dartmouth College coined the term 'artificial intelligence' and launched an entire field of research.

    1956
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