How Did We Get Here?

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1-The Dawn of AI – From Turing's Vision to the 1956 Dartmouth Workshop

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Explore how Alan Turing’s 1950 Imitation Game and the 1956 Dartmouth Workshop ignited Artificial Intelligence, laying the groundwork for today’s LLMs and agents.

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2-The Golden Age of Symbolic AI

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Explore how the 1960s and 70s marked a period of intense research and optimism in AI, driven by symbolic approaches and early successes.

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3-Trials, Tribulations, and the First AI Winter (1970s)

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Part 3 of OdishaAI.org’s history series explores the 1970s AI Winter—Lighthill’s critique, SHRDLU’s limits, MYCIN’s rule power—and gives you code to try.

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4-The Expert System Era – Knowledge is Power (1980s)

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Deep dive into 1980s expert systems: XCON, DENDRAL, Fifth Generation, Prolog, Lisp, and the second AI winter.

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Part 5 – The Machine-Learning Shift

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Exploring the rise of machine learning in the 1990s, including key algorithms, applications, and the impact of data.

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Deep Learning Revolution – Neural Networks Strike Back (2000s-2010s)

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Exploring the rise of deep learning and neural networks from the 2000s to 2010s.

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