From the time of the inception of the term artificial intelligence in 1956 by John McCarthy, technologies have evolved into a new avenue. There have been major highlights along the way of advancement.
1997: Super Computer defeats World Champion
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IBM built supercomputer Deep Blue defeated the world chess champion Garry Kasparov. The defeat of a human chess prodigy prompted two opinions: while some deemed this to be a significant development in the AI world, others just took it as a machine that followed rules.
2002: First home robot
US company iRobot created its first robot vacuum cleaner Roomba that was suited for use at home. Roomba’s in-built sensor helped it find its way through the floor and clean it.
2005: Robots in War
The American company Boston Dynamics introduced BigDog, a four-legged robot designed to transport weapons for the battlefield that were not feasible for normal vehicles to navigate. Furthermore, iRobot also created a bomb disposal robot, PackBot which were later deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
2008: Speech recognition
In 2008, the feature of voice search was added to BlackBerry Pearl version of Google Maps and iPhone by Google. Compared to other AI developments, this was a fairly accurate development.
