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AI Terms Timeline

See how key AI ideas emerged over time.

1943 — Neural Network

A layered computing structure that learns patterns from examples.

1956 — AI

Machines and software designed to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence.

1959 — Machine Learning

A branch of AI where systems learn patterns from data instead of following only fixed rules.

1986 — Deep Learning

Machine learning using neural networks with many layers.

2017 — Transformer

A neural network architecture that powers most modern language models.

2018 — GPT

A family of language models trained to generate and understand text.

2018 — BERT

A Google language model designed to understand the context of words in text.

2022 — ChatGPT

OpenAI's conversational AI product built on GPT models.

2024 — MCP

A standard for connecting AI models to tools, data sources and systems.