Lesson 3.1: Artificial Intelligence and Its History
Introduction to Key Figures and Contributions
Introduction to Key Figures and Contributions
Key Figures:
- Alan Turing (1912–1954): Proposed the Turing Test.
- John McCarthy (1927–2011): Coined the term "AI" and organized the Dartmouth Conference.
- Marvin Minsky (1927–2016): Co-founder of the MIT AI Lab.
- Geoffrey Hinton (1947–): Pioneer of deep learning and AlexNet developer.
- Yann LeCun (1960–): Developed convolutional neural networks (CNNs).
- Yoshua Bengio (1964–): Advanced deep learning research.
- Fei-Fei Li (1976–): Co-created ImageNet, revolutionizing computer vision.
Watch a brief video introducing key figures.
What is the Turing Test?