The Intelligence Age: A History of AI

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

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700+ Years of history
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Warren McCulloch

neurophysiology and cybernetics

  • Contributed foundational theories for understanding brain functions.
  • Collaborated with Walter Pitts to develop mathematical models of neural activity.
  • Worked on the logic of the nervous system and its implications for artificial intelligence.

Warren Sturgis McCulloch was an American neurophysiologist and cybernetician, recognized for his pioneering work in the field of neurophysiology and his significant contributions to the development of early theories of artificial intelligence.

Milestones

  • The Paper That Invented the Artificial Neuron
    The Theoretical Foundations Research
    The Paper That Invented the Artificial Neuron

    Two scientists fused logic and neuroscience into a mathematical model of the brain, laying the theoretical bedrock for every neural network to come.

    1943
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