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What radical question did Alan Turing ask in 1950 that launched the entire field of artificial intelligence?

One paper, one question, and the world of computing was never the same.

Mind, Oxford Academic
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Can a machine fool you into thinking it's human - and does that mean it's truly intelligent?

The most famous test in AI history doesn't measure intelligence - it measures deception.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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What happened at a small Dartmouth workshop in 1956 that gave artificial intelligence its name?

A six-week summer workshop invented an entire scientific field - and coined the term 'artificial intelligence.'

Dartmouth College
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How did a 1958 invention called the Perceptron convince people that machines could learn like brains?

The New York Times proclaimed it would one day 'walk, talk, see, write, and reproduce itself.' It was a single neuron.

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
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Could a 1966 chatbot really make people believe they were talking to a therapist?

The world's first chatbot was so convincing that Weizenbaum's own secretary asked him to leave the room so she could talk privately.

MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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