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AI refers to Artificial Intelligence. The term was first coined in 1956 at a conference at Dartmouth University by, an American Computer and Cognitive Scientist, John McCarthy.   "AI is the Science and Engineering of making Intelligent Machines"   -John McCarthy The idea behind the study has always been to give machine the consciousness and cognitive abilities which include Learning, Understanding, Thinking and Using Experiences. These abilities are the traits of intelligence.  Major Keywords Timeline: 1943 - Warren S. McCulloch and Walter H. Pitts came up with a model of an Artificial Neuron, a Threshold Logic Unit (M-P Neuron) . 1950 - Alan Turing wrote a paper titled - "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". He proposed to consider the question "Can machines think?"   Based on the paper, Turing Test (paper stated the Imitation Game ) was invented. It is a simple method of determining whether a machine can demonstrate human intelligence i.e. Can a ma...