1950
Turing test
Alan Turing proposes a test for computer intelligence: A computer would have passed when its text-based conversation is indistinguishable from humans
1956
'Artificial intelligence' coined
Leading minds gather to discuss possibility of machines that think at Dartmouth University in New Hampshire. The term stuck
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick's space epic introduced HAL 9000, a paranoid computer that attempted to kill the spacemen on the spacecraft it controlled.
1970s
AI Winter
Amid disappointment about a lack of progress, organisations including US government arm DARPA reduce investment
1984
Terminator released
Arnold Schwarzenegger's blockbuster has been the doomsday scenario for artificial intelligence since it was released
1997
Deep Blue defeats Kasparov
IBM's computer beats the world chess champion over six games
2011
Watson wins Jeopardy
Another IBM victory: The artificially-intelligent system defeated two human players at the popular quiz show
2011
Siri
Apple's intelligent assistant debuts on the iPhone. It has improved dramatically since then
2012
Driverless cars
Google's driverless cars, announced in 2009, make their way onto California's roads
2016
DeepMind beats champion Go player
Seen as a major breakthrough, the deep learning system used by DeepMind's AlphaGo breaks one of the holy grails of AI
Turing test
Alan Turing proposes a test for computer intelligence: A computer would have passed when its text-based conversation is indistinguishable from humans
1956
'Artificial intelligence' coined
Leading minds gather to discuss possibility of machines that think at Dartmouth University in New Hampshire. The term stuck
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick's space epic introduced HAL 9000, a paranoid computer that attempted to kill the spacemen on the spacecraft it controlled.
1970s
AI Winter
Amid disappointment about a lack of progress, organisations including US government arm DARPA reduce investment
1984
Terminator released
Arnold Schwarzenegger's blockbuster has been the doomsday scenario for artificial intelligence since it was released
1997
Deep Blue defeats Kasparov
IBM's computer beats the world chess champion over six games
2011
Watson wins Jeopardy
Another IBM victory: The artificially-intelligent system defeated two human players at the popular quiz show
2011
Siri
Apple's intelligent assistant debuts on the iPhone. It has improved dramatically since then
2012
Driverless cars
Google's driverless cars, announced in 2009, make their way onto California's roads
2016
DeepMind beats champion Go player
Seen as a major breakthrough, the deep learning system used by DeepMind's AlphaGo breaks one of the holy grails of AI
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