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Logic Theorist was created
An A.I program created by Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon and Cliff shaw which was engineered to recreate the problem solving skills of humans, thus giving it the title the “first artificial intelligence program”. It was used to solve many theorems and led the path for other similar programs in the future. -
John McCarthy Invented the LISP (LISt Processing) language
A programming language which is still used today and dominates the artificial intelligence sector of research. Without this language, artificial intelligence would not have boomed as much as it did. -
General Problem Solver (GPS) was created
A program which was made by the same people who invented the logic theorist. It essentially had the same purpose as the logic theorist, but was significantly more advanced. The GPS was able to solve complex problems and was the first program that separated its knowledge (or facts) from how to solve the actual problem. This was a significant breakthrough because it resulted in a rapid evolution of architecture for A.I. -
First game playing program was created (For checkers)
Arthur Samuel wrote the first program that played checkers. In fact, it was so good the program was able to verse the world champion in checkers himself. This event shows how quickly artificial intelligence was evolving as barely a decade ago research into artificial intelligence began. -
Prolog (PROgramming LOgic) was invented
A program developed by Alain Colmerauer in the university of Marseille in France which was similar to the earlier A.I language LISP. It is used commonly for expert systems and was used in the creation of other projects such as JAVA. -
Interactive robot pets become commercially available:
At around this decade, many robotic toys were introduced commercially into the market. These robotic pets were very life-like, often speaking back to children with pre-programmed responses. -
Robot passes self awareness test:
In 2015, a robot passed a self awareness test that until then only humans could complete. This was a huge discovery, as it gave scientists an indication that robots could actually made to be truly self aware and conscious like humans.