Frank Rosenblatt unveiled the Perceptron, a program inspired by human neurons, in 1958. This invention was the first neural network and the first machine capable of having an original idea. Despite the remarkable progress of AI since then, there is still no serious rival to the human brain. AI has many fathers, and many have sired the same offspring. This article looks at the history of AI and the fathers behind it, from punch-card machines to godlike gaming engines.
