The History of AI

Great resources to teach about what it is and its history.

As a former history teacher, I believe we must provide background information to students when teaching them new content. These videos and resources do a great job not only providing a history lesson but can also be used to provide an introduction to AI.

Here are a few of my favorite videos:

• PBS: What is Artificial Intelligence? #1

• Caltech Science Exchange: What is AI? - check out the resources also on their website.

• History of AI from Kool Kingdom:

• Electro the Smoking Robot from the 1939 World’s Fair

• Before Siri and Alexa, there was ELIZA:

• Deep Blue vs. Kasparov

• IBM’s Watson on Jeopardy!

Ted-Ed - The Turing Test: Can a computer pass for a human?