Turing reframes machine intelligence
A paper proposes an imitation game.
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Programs, learning & limitsOur World
Artificial intelligence
Trace selected research ideas, task-specific achievements and public encounters with AI.
Subject guide · scope, chapters & sources ↗A selective history, not a claim that AI has one inventor or a single test of intelligence. Benchmark results remain tied to their tasks. The endpoint is the verified International AI Safety Report published on 3 February 2026.
A proposal becomes a research gathering
Dartmouth brings a named research program together.
ELIZA makes conversation programmable
Typed statements become rule-based replies.
Deep Blue wins a chess match
A computer defeats the reigning champion under tournament controls.
Watson answers the quiz-show challenge
IBM’s system wins a televised Jeopardy! contest.
Deep networks advance image classification
A neural-network entry wins the ImageNet challenge.
AlphaGo wins against Lee Sedol
Neural networks and search meet a demanding board game.
The Transformer is proposed
Attention becomes the core of a new network architecture.
AlphaFold reports a protein-structure advance
Predicted structures are tested against experimental results.
ChatGPT opens as a research preview
A conversational model invites public feedback.
An international report weighs capabilities and risks
A dated assessment puts advances beside persistent limits.