Last week in class, we discussed an AI tool called Notebook LM, which I used for this assignment. I uploaded my notes, and the tool generated a 13-minute podcast featuring a conversation between a man and a woman discussing the timeline of artificial intelligence (AI). The voices were so human-like that it was difficult to tell they were computer-generated. The dialogue was natural, with the speakers engaging in a call-and-response style as they explored the history of AI.
The conversation began with Alan Turing, often called the "Father of
AI," who introduced the Turing Test in the 1950s. This test posited that
if a machine could converse indistinguishably from a human, it could be
considered intelligent, laying the foundation for AI research. The discussion
then moved to the 1956 Dartmouth Conference, where AI pioneers like John
McCarthy and Marvin Minsky coined the term "artificial intelligence,"
marking the official start of AI research.
The podcast also highlighted key moments, such as the creation of ELIZA in
the 1960s, one of the earliest natural language processing programs. The
discussion touched on AI’s depiction in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey,
which introduced the idea of self-aware machines.
Moving through the decades, the conversation covered expert systems in the
1980s, IBM’s Deep Blue defeating chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, and
Watson's 2011 victory on Jeopardy!. The podcast concluded by
discussing Sophia, the humanoid robot granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia in
2017👀, illustrating AI’s growing presence in society.
I used ChatGPT to help me write this post.
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