- Did you know? The first AI program was written in 1951 to play checkers! Created by Christopher Strachey, the program ran on the Ferranti Mark 1 machine at the University of Manchester and is considered a landmark achievement in AI history.
- Source: “Christopher Strachey: His Work and Influence” by Roger Penrose, in The Computer Journal, Volume 51, Issue 5, September 2008, Pages 578–588, https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxm108
- Source: “Christopher Strachey: His Work and Influence” by Roger Penrose, in The Computer Journal, Volume 51, Issue 5, September 2008, Pages 578–588, https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxm108
- Mind blown: Some AI systems can now write their own code! Tools like GitHub Copilot use advanced machine learning models to generate code suggestions, helping developers write software faster and with fewer errors.
- Source: “GitHub Copilot: Your AI pair programmer” by GitHub, https://github.com/features/copilot
- Source: “GitHub Copilot: Your AI pair programmer” by GitHub, https://github.com/features/copilot
- Whoa: AI helps power self-driving cars and even assists in surgeries! In self-driving cars, AI processes sensor data to navigate roads and make driving decisions. In surgery, AI can assist with precise movements and give surgeons real-time feedback.
- Source: “Self-Driving Cars: A Survey” by Shaoshan Liu et al., in arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.05175, 2017. https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.05175
- Source: “Artificial Intelligence in Surgery: Promises and Perils” by Daniel A. Hashimoto et al., in Annals of Surgery, Volume 272, Issue 2, August 2020, Pages e70-e76
- Cool: AI can create art, compose music, and even write poems! AI art generators like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney can produce stunningly realistic images from text descriptions. AI music composers like AIVA can create original scores for various purposes.
- Source: “DALL·E 2” by OpenAI, https://openai.com/dall-e-2/
- Source: “AIVA: Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist” by AIVA, https://www.aiva.ai/
- Wow: Your smartphone uses AI daily for facial recognition and recommending videos. Facial recognition unlocks your phone, and AI algorithms analyze your viewing habits to suggest videos you might enjoy on platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
- Amazing: AI is used to discover new drugs and fight diseases! AI can analyze massive datasets of medical 1 information to identify potential drug candidates and predict the effectiveness of different treatments.
- Source: “Artificial intelligence in drug discovery: what is realistic, what are illusions? Part 1: Ways to make an impact, and why we are not there yet” by Jürgen Bajorath, in Future Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 11, Issue 15, July 2019, Pages 1823-1843, https://doi.org/10.4155/fmc-2019-0022
- Source: “Artificial intelligence in drug discovery: what is realistic, what are illusions? Part 1: Ways to make an impact, and why we are not there yet” by Jürgen Bajorath, in Future Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 11, Issue 15, July 2019, Pages 1823-1843, https://doi.org/10.4155/fmc-2019-0022
- Sci-fi becomes reality: Researchers are working on AI that can understand and respond to human emotions. This field, affective computing, aims to create AI systems that can recognize, interpret, and even simulate human emotions.
- Source: “Affective Computing” by Rosalind Picard, MIT Press, 1997.
- Source: “Affective Computing” by Rosalind Picard, MIT Press, 1997.
- Think about it: Some experts believe AI will eventually become more intelligent than humans! This concept, the technological singularity, is a topic of much debate and speculation.
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