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Alan Turing suggests that a universal machine can do any calculation.
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Arthur Samuel develops a Checkers game that can learn its mistakes.
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Norbert Weiner writes the book Cybernetics
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Turing suggests that machines could one day have intelligence
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W. Grey Walter develops a 'tortoise' that moves under its own power
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John McCarthy coins the term artifical intelligence
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LISP is introduced by McCarthy
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Norbert Weiner says that if comp's could think like humans it would be both effective and dangerous
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Samuel beaten by checkers playing program
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Dr Frank Rosenblatt that a neutral system can recognise visual patterns
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Dr Weizenbaum creates ELIZA
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Fuzzy Logic created by Zadeh
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Work commences on DENDRAL, the first expert system
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Shakey (a robot), is developed to manipulate blocks
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Minsky and Perpert prove percpetions aren't the basis for a computer
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Terry Winograd develops SHRUDLU
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PROLOG is developed
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MYCIN is produced
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Hearsay is introduced
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Work on a sheep shearing robot begins
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A backgammon robot defeats the world champion
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Interest resparked in AI
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Japan announces the $M400 Project
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The system Q&A is produced
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Significant advances in problem solving involving patterns
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US Military use AI systems
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Voice recognition used in home computers
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ALICE, wins the Loebner Prize for the Turing Test
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Sony Pets (AIBO) are developed
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Trilobyte developed by Electrolux, is a robot vacuum cleaner
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ASIMO is made and can walk and run
