You've seen ChatGPT take the world by storm. But this "overnight success" actually took 70 years to build!
Understanding AI's journey helps you spot patterns, predict trends, and make smarter business decisions about AI adoption.
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What's the oldest AI technology you've heard of?
It all started in 1950 when Alan Turing asked: "Can machines think?" His famous Turing Test challenged whether a computer could fool humans in conversation.
This wasn't just philosophy - it set the goal that drives AI development even today.
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Do you think ChatGPT passes the Turing Test?
Early chatbots were surprisingly simple. ELIZA (1966) pretended to be a therapist using basic pattern matching - no real intelligence!
Yet people formed emotional connections with it, revealing how humans naturally humanize technology.
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Have you ever caught yourself saying "please" or "thank you" to an AI?
The real breakthrough came in the 1980s with "neural networks" - computer systems that mimic how brains learn.
But here's the catch: they needed massive computing power that didn't exist yet. AI entered its first "winter" - a period of lost faith and funding.
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What technology breakthrough do you think changed everything?
The game-changer? Graphics cards from video games! Starting in 1999, GPUs gave AI the computational muscle it needed.
Suddenly, training complex AI models became practical. This hardware revolution enabled today's AI boom.
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Isn't it fascinating how gaming technology enabled business AI?
Then came the data explosion. By 2010, the internet had created vast amounts of text, images, and videos - perfect AI training material.
