When did AI start?
The idea of artificial intelligence (AI) has existed in fiction for millennia—”automatons,” or machines with agency and free will, can be traced back to Greek mythology.
However, AI as we now know it began to take off in the 1950s. The term “AI” was first used at a workshop in Dartmouth in 1956. John McCarthy, who helped organize this workshop, is often considered the father of AI.
The work of McCarthy and many other innovators has led to the AI capabilities we see today. Generative AI tools like QuillBot’s AI Image Generator are revolutionizing the way we work and create.
