In the 1950-60s, an automated version of tic tac toe emerged, bringing for the first time computers inside games. More than seventy years later, AI became the new horizon of technology, penetrating in everyday life.
AI HISTORY: FROM TIC-TAC-TOE TO LLM
The history of AI development started around 1950, when Alan Turing introduced the Turing Test, built on a single question: do machines think? Eventually, during the Dartmouth Conference which occurred in the 1960s, the term ‘artificial intelligence’ was coined.
From there, many scientists and scholars started experimenting with AI, aiming to discover its full potential. It all started with early programs used to solve simple algebraic problems and to play logical games, like tic-tac-toe: a simple game played by two users. This was the first time in history in which a machine played against a human, a starting point from which the whole use of AI changed.
In fact, starting with these simple applications, AI entered whole new sectors: engineering, medicine, and businesses, gaining more and more accuracy, until the defeat of the chess master Garry Kasparov in 1997, leading to the LLM boom in the 2010.
AI IN EVERYDAY LIFE
AI has now completely penetrated everyday life, from health and fitness, providing smartwatches tracking sleep and heart rate, to security, with face recognition to unlock your phone and home cameras detecting motion.
We can also observe a higher use of it in communication, shopping, entertainment, and many other activities we perform in our daily routines. AI is already part of our daily routines, working quietly in the background to simplify tasks and support our choices. We should not be afraid of it: it helps humans in taking care of repetitive or complex processes.
Responsibility when using it is a pivotal aspect on which we should work, in order to make AI accessible, secure, and purposeful for everybody.
NEW HORIZONS OF AI: APPLICATIONS AND USES
AI penetrated our lives in manners that were impossible to think about when it was first developed. It is now used to analyze our preferences and predict suggestions, to regulate our smart homes, to craft texts.
But AI is not confined to these applications; it is being used by doctors to analyze images and diagnose earlier health problems, creating personalized treatments based on the diagnosis. Also, it is being used to monitor and manage traffic, through systems of sensors and automated driving.
From nowadays applications, we imagine a future in which AI is a collaborator in work and education, able to personalize education channels and learning, helping people to solve many issues. Also, it will be a powerful tool to contrast Climate Change and accessibility problems.
In the future, humans and machines will need to collaborate, and creativity and efficiency will complement each other. AI will handle repetitive tasks, allowing people to focus on ideas, problem-solving, and collaboration. Rather than replacing us, it will become a partner that strengthens our jobs, creating new jobs and new meaningful skills to acquire.
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