MegaMaester

Artificial Intelligence · Lesson 7

The AI Timeline

beginner15 min · 7 cards
The big idea
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The road to today

A quick tour of the moments that shaped modern AI.

Key moments

A field in leaps

1950Turing test1956“AI” coined1997Deep Blue2012Deep learning2020sLLMs
Each milestone unlocked the next.
Milestones

Tap a milestone

What happened, and why it mattered.

Nuance

The pattern

Maester Note

Progress accelerated as data and computing power grew — not from a single invention.

Recap

Key takeaways

  • AI progress has been uneven.
  • Landmark demonstrations changed research priorities.
  • Deep learning benefited from data and GPUs.
  • Transformers reshaped language modeling.
  • Public adoption often follows long research periods.
Quick check

Which statement best describes artificial intelligence?