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AI Evolution

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Seventy years of AI, on one timeline.

A timeline of the key events in AI history, from the 1956 Dartmouth Conference through the deep-learning revolution to the present day.

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AI didn’t start in 2022. AI Evolution lays out the field’s real history — from the Dartmouth Conference that named it, through symbolic AI, expert systems, the AI winters and the deep-learning revolution, to the present day — as a navigable timeline. Essential context for anyone trying to judge where the field goes next.

What it does

The long view

Today's AI moment makes far more sense against seventy years of booms, winters and breakthroughs.

Key events in context

Each milestone sits on the timeline where it belongs, so cause and consequence stay connected.

AI Evolution runs live — no sign-up needed to look around.

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