Cultural
2 milestones in AI history
CompetitionDeep Learning Dawn
IBM Watson Wins Jeopardy!
IBM's Watson system defeated the two greatest Jeopardy! champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in a televised match. Watson used natural language processing, information retrieval, and machine learning to understand nuanced questions with puns and wordplay.
Ken JenningsBrad RutterIBM
ProductGenerative AI Revolution
Midjourney V5: Photorealistic AI Art
Midjourney V5 produced images so photorealistic that AI-generated photos went viral and were mistaken for real photographs — including a fake image of the Pope in a puffer jacket and fake photos of Trump's arrest. The line between AI-generated and real imagery effectively dissolved.
David HolzMidjourney