Regarding your brief report on the history of AI, I want to commend you for the final statement:
"Today, it's easy to overlook the details of the past, but it's crucial to understand these details to grasp the initial goals set around AI and to see the transformations it has undergone, for better or worse."
I suggest there are gaps in what you've explored that could help you and the readers understand the -
… "transformations it (AI) has undergone."
I recognize a single article can’t cover the entire history of AI but you make sizable skips from the 1950s to the present, failing to mention two notable talents - Alan Turing and John McCarthy who coined the term artificial intelligence in 1955. He created the computer programming language LISP in 1958. LISP was initially used primarily by the AI community for its flexibility and expressive power.
You skip over the 1980s and the creation of the MIT LispMachine and integrated IDE tools enhanced by Symbolics (the first .com registered on the Internet). This might seem overly granular to you but every single researcher in AI today has benefited from the talent and innovations of that era and the insanely power development environment of that era.
The Lisp machine IDE provided an interactive development environment that was highly conducive to exploring entirely new ideas around AI. Lisp's interactive programming allowed real-time code modification and test code in real-time, facilitating rapid development and debugging. This was particularly beneficial for AI, where iterative experimentation and refinement are critical. The ability to evaluate expressions on the fly and modify the program state dynamically made the development process more efficient and less error-prone.
I understand that LISP is no longer a central part of the AI stack in most labs today. However, it’s important to pay tribute to the pioneers and technological advancements that brought us to where we are now. By acknowledging the contributions during the 1980s of the MIT AI lab, Symbolics Lisp machine, Xerox Parc research, and all the early AI developers in every commercial and government lab all around the USA, we honor the foundation they laid for the commercialization of AI we enjoy today.
Great article.
Regarding your brief report on the history of AI, I want to commend you for the final statement:
"Today, it's easy to overlook the details of the past, but it's crucial to understand these details to grasp the initial goals set around AI and to see the transformations it has undergone, for better or worse."
I suggest there are gaps in what you've explored that could help you and the readers understand the -
… "transformations it (AI) has undergone."
I recognize a single article can’t cover the entire history of AI but you make sizable skips from the 1950s to the present, failing to mention two notable talents - Alan Turing and John McCarthy who coined the term artificial intelligence in 1955. He created the computer programming language LISP in 1958. LISP was initially used primarily by the AI community for its flexibility and expressive power.
You skip over the 1980s and the creation of the MIT LispMachine and integrated IDE tools enhanced by Symbolics (the first .com registered on the Internet). This might seem overly granular to you but every single researcher in AI today has benefited from the talent and innovations of that era and the insanely power development environment of that era.
The Lisp machine IDE provided an interactive development environment that was highly conducive to exploring entirely new ideas around AI. Lisp's interactive programming allowed real-time code modification and test code in real-time, facilitating rapid development and debugging. This was particularly beneficial for AI, where iterative experimentation and refinement are critical. The ability to evaluate expressions on the fly and modify the program state dynamically made the development process more efficient and less error-prone.
I understand that LISP is no longer a central part of the AI stack in most labs today. However, it’s important to pay tribute to the pioneers and technological advancements that brought us to where we are now. By acknowledging the contributions during the 1980s of the MIT AI lab, Symbolics Lisp machine, Xerox Parc research, and all the early AI developers in every commercial and government lab all around the USA, we honor the foundation they laid for the commercialization of AI we enjoy today.