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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Seymour Papert

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Seymour Papert

Pioneering work in educational technology

  • Developed the concept of 'constructionism' in education.
  • Co-invented the Logo programming language, which introduced children to computer programming.
  • Contributed to the development of artificial intelligence at MIT.

Seymour Aubrey Papert was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator. He spent most of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he made significant contributions to the fields of educational technology and artificial intelligence.

Milestones

  • The Book That Killed Neural Networks
    The Dawn of AI Research
    The Book That Killed Neural Networks

    Minsky and Papert's rigorous mathematical critique of perceptrons convinced a generation of researchers to abandon neural networks, triggering a funding drought that lasted over a decade.

    1969
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