🎧 Episode 2: The Complete History of AI – From Alan Turing to ChatGPT
Published: August 26, 2025 | Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds | Hosts: Sarah & Alex
📝 Episode Summary
Think AI is new? Think again! Join host Sarah and AI historian Dr. Alex Chen as they uncover the fascinating 70-year journey of artificial intelligence. From Alan Turing’s groundbreaking ideas in the 1950s and the first chatbot ELIZA to the game-changing victories of Deep Blue and AlphaGo, we trace the milestones that led to today’s AI boom.
🎯 Topics Covered
• Welcome and guest introduction [00:00 – 01:00]
• The dawn of AI: Alan Turing and the Turing Test [01:00 – 02:00]
• The Dartmouth Conference and birth of “AI” [02:00 – 03:00]
• Early breakthroughs: ELIZA chatbot and Shakey robot [03:00 – 04:30]
• The AI Winter: setbacks and funding crisis [04:30 – 05:30]
• Revival and victories: Deep Blue beats Kasparov [05:30 – 07:00]
• Modern boom: AlphaGo and GPT revolution [07:00 – 08:30]
• AI in daily life and industry applications [08:30 – 09:21]
💡 Key Takeaways
• AI research began in the 1950s with Alan Turing’s foundational work on machine intelligence
• The field experienced dramatic ups and downs, including the “AI Winter” of reduced funding
• Key breakthroughs like Deep Blue (1997) and AlphaGo (2016) marked major milestones
• Neural networks and machine learning drove the modern AI renaissance
• AI is already ubiquitous in healthcare, finance, transportation, and consumer technology
🔗 Sources & References
• Alan Turing’s “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”
• IBM Deep Blue Project
• Google DeepMind AlphaGo
• OpenAI GPT Development
🎬 Next Episode Preview
Tomorrow we’ll demystify the technical foundations of AI. Alex will explain neural networks, machine learning types, and the core technologies powering today’s AI revolution in terms anyone can understand.
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