AI in 1968
2 milestones in artificial intelligence
ResearchThe Birth of AI
SHRDLU: Natural Language Understanding
Terry Winograd created SHRDLU, a program that could understand and respond to English commands about a simulated 'blocks world.' Users could ask it to move objects, answer questions about their arrangement, and even understand pronouns and context within its limited domain.
Terry WinogradMIT
CulturalThe Birth of AI
2001: A Space Odyssey — HAL 9000
Stanley Kubrick's film introduced HAL 9000, an AI that could speak naturally, read lips, play chess, and ultimately turn against its human crew. HAL became the defining pop-culture image of artificial intelligence for generations.
Stanley KubrickArthur C. ClarkeMGM