CSE 471/598

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Three Fundamental QuestionsFacing our Age

• Origin of the Universe
• Origin of Life
• Nature of Intelligence

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1946 ENIAC heralds the dawn of Computing
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1950 Turing asks the question.
I propose to consider the question
Can machines think?
--Alan Turing, 1950
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1956 A new field is born

• We propose that a 2 month, 10 man study of
  artificial intelligence be carried out during the
  summer of 1956 at Dartmouth College in Hanover,
  New Hampshire.
• - Dartmouth AI Project Proposal J. McCarthy et
  al. Aug. 31, 1955.

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1996 EQP proves that Robbins Algebras are all
boolean
An Argonne lab program has come up with a major
mathematical proof that would have been called
creative if a human had thought of it.
-New
York Times, December, 1996
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1997 HAL 9000 becomes operational in fictional
Urbana, Illinois
by now, every intelligent person knew that
H-A-L is derived from Heuristic ALgorithmic
-Dr. Chandra, 2010 Odyssey Two

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1997 Deep Blue ends Human Supremacy in Chess
vs.
I could feel human-level intelligence across the
room -Gary Kasparov, World Chess
Champion (human)
In a few years, even a single victory in a
long series of games would be the triumph of
human genius.
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1999 Remote Agent takes Deep Space 1 on a
galactic ride
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2002 Computers start passing Advanced Placement
Tests
a project funded by (Microsoft Co-founder)
Paul Allen attempts to design a Digital
Aristotle. Its first results involve
programs that can pass High School Advanced
Placement Exam in Chemistry
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2005 Cars Drive Themselves

• Stanley and three other cars drive themselves
  over a 132 mile mountain road

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2005 Robots play soccer (without headbutting!)

• 2005 Robot Soccer Humanoid league

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2006 AI Celebrates its Golden Jubilee
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2007 Poker-faced HAL stumps humansWhile the
robot cars threaten to drive on Rural Broadway
..It is time you reigned-in 10yr old HAL Welcome!
Humans narrowly won the first Computer-Human
Poker challenge (AAAI 2007) Darpa Urban Grand
Challenge (November, 2007) will put autonomous
cars in robot traffic..