Artificial Intelligence: The Origin of The Future

How it came to be…

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In recent years, artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies have developed dramatically. Today, they are not only a prerogative of big tech giants. A.I. plays a role in many aspects of our daily lives from morning until night.

Siri and Alexa answer our questions. Google Maps is our can’t-live-without co-pilot and always find the quickest route to our destination and more. More often, our chance to get a job depends on A.I. resume screening. The list of examples is still very long. It includes the Smart Replies in Gmail, product recommendations performed by Amazon, Netflix, or Spotify, and personal alerts provided by mobile banking apps.

Let’s discover together what A.I. is by examining its fascinating story from theory to practice in a journey made of “golden ages” and “winters”.

A.I. is an interdisciplinary field spanning computer science, engineering, linguistics, psychology and can be defined as

“machines that mimic cognitive functions that humans associate with the human mind, such as learning and problem-solving.”

Although the term “artificial intelligence” has been coined in 1955, A.I. is generally accepted as…