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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Terry Sejnowski

Neural networks and computational neuroscience

  • Pioneered the development of Boltzmann machines and other neural network models.
  • Recipient of numerous awards including the IEEE Neural Network Pioneer Award.
  • Contributed significantly to understanding the brain's computational mechanisms.

Terry Sejnowski is the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where he directs the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory. He is renowned for his work in neural networks and computational neuroscience, advancing our understanding of brain function.

Milestones

  • The Machine That Learned by Dreaming
    Expert Systems and the Knowledge Boom Research
    The Machine That Learned by Dreaming

    Hinton and Sejnowski invented the Boltzmann machine, a neural network that learned by simulating the random thermal fluctuations of molecules.

    1985
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