Answers.Body: <p>The earliest research into thinking machines was inspired by a confluence of ideas that became prevalent in the late 30s, 40s and early 50s (e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic" rel="nofollow noreferrer">formal logic</a>, automata, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot" rel="nofollow noreferrer">robots</a>). Although the <a href="https://academic.oup.com/mind/article/LIX/236/433/986238" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Turing test</a> was proposed in the 1950s by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Alan Turing</a>, the work culminated back in the 1940s in the invention of the programmable digital computers, an abstract essence of mathematical reasoning. These ideas were inspired by a handful of scientists from a variety of fields who began seriously considering the possibility of building an electronic brain. <a href="https://ojs.aaai.org//index.php/aimagazine/article/view/1904" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The field of artificial intelligence research was officially founded as an academic discipline in 1956 during the Dartmouth workshop</a>.</p>
  <p>However, the concept of artificial beings is not new and it's as old as the Greek myths of Hephaestus and Pygmalion, which incorporated the idea of intelligent robots (such as <em>Talos</em>) and artificial beings (such as <em>Galatea</em> and <em>Pandora</em>).</p>
  <p>See the following articles at Wikipedia for further details:</p>
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  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence#History" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Artificial intelligence (AI)</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_intelligence" rel="nofollow noreferrer">History of artificial intelligence</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_artificial_intelligence" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Timeline of artificial intelligence</a></li>
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Body: <p>When did research into Artificial Intelligence first begin?  Was it called Artificial Intelligence then or was there another name?</p>
  
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ThreadText: # When did Artificial Intelligence research first start?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-02)
  
  When did research into Artificial Intelligence first begin? Was it called Artificial Intelligence then or was there another name?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-08-02. Score: 11 | Accepted answer
  
  The earliest research into thinking machines was inspired by a confluence of ideas that became prevalent in the late 30s, 40s and early 50s (e.g. [formal logic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic), automata, [robots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot)). Although the [Turing test](https://academic.oup.com/mind/article/LIX/236/433/986238) was proposed in the 1950s by [Alan Turing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing), the work culminated back in the 1940s in the invention of the programmable digital computers, an abstract essence of mathematical reasoning. These ideas were inspired by a handful of scientists from a variety of fields who began seriously considering the possibility of building an electronic brain. [The field of artificial intelligence research was officially founded as an academic discipline in 1956 during the Dartmouth workshop](https://ojs.aaai.org//index.php/aimagazine/article/view/1904).
  
  However, the concept of artificial beings is not new and it's as old as the Greek myths of Hephaestus and Pygmalion, which incorporated the idea of intelligent robots (such as *Talos*) and artificial beings (such as *Galatea* and *Pandora*).
  
  See the following articles at Wikipedia for further details:
  
  * [Artificial intelligence (AI)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence#History)
  * [History of artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_intelligence)
  * [Timeline of artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_artificial_intelligence)
  
  
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