Visionary thinkers like Alan Turing created the groundwork for contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) with his groundbreaking work in the 1950s, marking the beginning of AI's journey. Turing's concept of a machine that could simulate any human intelligence, encapsulated in the Turing Test, ignited a search that continues today. The early days of AI saw the development of simple programs designed to mimic human problem-solving and play games.