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The Shortest History of AI: The Six Essential Ideas That Animate It

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Artificial intelligence is so rapidly changing, it can be hard to keep up. This digestible read starts at the beginning, chronicling the history of machine learning and breaking down how it works.

From a world-leading AI researcher, the history of artificial intelligence told through the six key ways it functions

Since Alan Turing first posed the question “Can machines think?” artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace’s visionary work to IBM’s groundbreaking defeat of the chess world champion and the revolutionary emergence of ChatGPT.

Revealing how many “overnight” successe...

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