History of artificial intelligence - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_intelligenceThe history of artificial intelligence (AI) began in antiquity, with myths, stories and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence or consciousness by master craftsmen. The seeds of modern AI were planted by classical philosophers who attempted to describe the process of human thinking as the mechanical manipulation of symbols. This work culminated in the invention of the programmable digital computerin the 1940s, a machine based on the abstract e…