AI in 1982
2 milestones in artificial intelligence
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Hopfield Networks: Physics Meets Neural Networks
Physicist John Hopfield showed that a type of recurrent neural network could serve as content-addressable memory, using concepts from statistical physics. The network would converge to stable states that could store and retrieve patterns — connecting neuroscience, physics, and computation.
John HopfieldCaltech
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Japan's Fifth Generation Computer Project
Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry launched a 10-year, $850 million project to build 'fifth generation' computers with AI capabilities — parallel processing machines that could understand natural language and reason like humans.
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