AI OVERVIEW
AI DEFINITIONS
What is Artificial Intelligence - non-technical answers by
John McCarthy to (LISP creator, AI research) some frequently asked
questions.
What is Artificial Intelligence - from a Cognitive Science
perspective, by Aaron Sloman (Philosopher and Computer Scientist)
Definition of AI term
- definitions and further links on Computing Webopaedia pages
What is intelligence - few practical examples what is intelligence
HISTORY
Artificial Intelligence and Robots Brief History
- '45 Wiener's "Cybernetics", '65 DENDRAL Expert system,
'70 SHAKEY robot, ...
A History of Computers
- timeline links (350 mil B.C. - 1980)
TURING TEST
ELIZA - famous chatting program passing Turing test itself online
Available also locally on IFI unix computers:
Run XEMACS on unix machine and choose in file menu "Apps/Games/PsychoAnalyst"
FUN
1945 First computer "bug"Grace Hopper, working on the Mark II, found the first computer bug beaten to death in the jaws of a relay. She glued it into the logbook (see Picture of first computer bug). Thereafter they are "debugging" the computer. Logbook is now in the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian
Eniac Versus 150 MHz Pentium
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ENIAC |
150MHz Pentium |
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Speed |
5,000 additions / second |
300,000,000 |
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Memory |
200 digits |
16,000,000 |
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Elements |
18,000 vacuum tubes 6,000 switches 10,000 capcitors 70,000 resistors 1,500 relays |
4,000,000 transistors (CPU) |
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Size |
10 feet tall x 1,800 square feet |
9" x 12" x 3" |
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Weight |
30 tons |
6 pounds |