🤯 The first AI program was built 70+ years ago… and almost nobody knows about it.

Most people think AI started recently with tools like ChatGPT or Gemini.

But the idea of AI actually goes back more than 70 years.

• In 1951, one of the first AI programs was created to play the board game checkers.

• In 1956, scientists built a program called Logic Theorist, often considered the first true AI program that could prove mathematical theorems.

• That same year, the famous Dartmouth Workshop officially launched the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Here’s the really surprising part:

Research shows 72% of the general public thinks AI only means “Generative AI” — tools like ChatGPT or Gemini.

In other words, many people confuse the interface with the actual science of AI.

So while millions of people are suddenly “using AI” today…

The foundations of AI were already being built decades before the internet even existed.

Makes you realize how much deeper this field actually is.

Curious about this community:

When did you personally start taking AI seriously? 🤖

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