History of AI Study Guide | Module 1

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🎯 Key Concepts to Master

Alan Turing and the Turing Test (1950)
Dartmouth Conference (1956) - Birth of AI
First AI Winter (1974-1980)
Second AI Winter (1987-1993)
Deep Learning Revolution (2012)
ChatGPT Moment (November 2022)
Generative AI Era (2020-Present)
Agentic AI (2025-2026)

📅 Important Dates & Events

1950 - Turing Test proposed
1956 - Dartmouth Conference, term "AI" coined
1966 - ELIZA chatbot created
1974-1980 - First AI Winter
1987-1993 - Second AI Winter
1997 - Deep Blue defeats Kasparov
2011 - Watson wins Jeopardy
2012 - AlexNet ImageNet breakthrough
2017 - Transformer architecture introduced
2022 - ChatGPT launches
2026 - 94% of companies use AI

👤 Key People to Know

Alan Turing - Turing Test
John McCarthy - Coined "AI"
Marvin Minsky - AI pioneer
Geoffrey Hinton - Deep learning
Yann LeCun - CNNs
Yoshua Bengio - Neural networks
Sam Altman - OpenAI CEO
Demis Hassabis - DeepMind founder

⭐ Exam Tips & Must-Know Facts

Know the two AI Winters and their causes
Memorize key dates: 1956 (Dartmouth), 2012 (Deep Learning), 2022 (ChatGPT)
Understand difference between AI winters and current boom
Know current AI statistics: 94% companies use AI
Understand what caused each major breakthrough

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