Top 100 Events in Artificial Intelligence
Discover the Most Innovative AI Events Around the World!
This book provides an overview of the top 100 events in Artificial Intelligence, from conferences and workshops to hackathons and meetups. It covers the latest developments in AI, from machine learning and deep learning to natural language processing and computer vision. It also provides information on the speakers, topics,

1982: Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry launches the Fifth Generation Computer Systems project, aiming to develop computers with AI capabilities.
Rank: 12Unlocking the Future: Pioneering AI with the Fifth Generation Computer Systems Project
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1980: The first National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is held.
Rank: 10Unlocking the Future: Exploring the Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence at the First National Conference on AAAI in 1980
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1973: The Lighthill report criticizes the lack of progress in AI research, leading to reduced funding in the UK.
Rank: 8Unlocking the Potential of AI: A New Era of Research and Funding in the UK.
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2001: The first RoboCup soccer tournament is held.
Rank: 17Kick Off the Future: Experience the Thrill of the First RoboCup Soccer Tournament!
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1999: Sony introduces AIBO, a robotic pet dog that can learn and express itself.
Rank: 15Bringing Artificial Intelligence to Life: AIBO, Your New Robotic Best Friend!
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2002: iRobot releases Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner.
Rank: 18Clean your home with ease - Roomba, the revolutionary robotic vacuum cleaner!
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2020: Google's AI model, Meena, claims to be the best chatbot ever.
Rank: 34Experience the Future of Conversation with Meena: The Most Advanced AI Chatbot of 2020!
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2005: STANLEY, a self-driving car, wins the DARPA Grand Challenge.
Rank: 20The Future of Driving is Here: STANLEY Wins the DARPA Grand Challenge!
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2000: Cynthia Breazeal develops Kismet, a robot that can recognize and simulate emotions.
Rank: 16Bringing Artificial Intelligence to Life: Kismet, the Robot That Can Feel.
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1986: The first driverless car, a Mercedes-Benz van equipped with cameras and sensors, is built by Ernst Dickmanns and his team in Germany.
Rank: 13Experience the Future of Automotive Technology: The 1986 Mercedes-Benz Van, the World\'s First Driverless Car!
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2006: Geoff Hinton proposes deep learning techniques to improve machine learning.
Rank: 21Unlocking the Potential of Machine Learning with Deep Learning Techniques
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2004: The DARPA Grand Challenge, a prize competition for autonomous vehicles, is held.
Rank: 19Unlocking the Future of Autonomous Vehicle Technology: The DARPA Grand Challenge of 2004
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2007: Fei-Fei Li starts developing ImageNet, a large visual database for use in visual object recognition software research.
Rank: 22Unlocking the Power of Image Recognition: Discovering the Possibilities with ImageNet
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1958: John McCarthy develops the AI programming language Lisp.
Rank: 3Unlocking the Future of Artificial Intelligence: The Birth of Lisp
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2021: OpenAI's GPT-3, an even larger language model, shows impressive abilities in generating human-like text.
Rank: 35Unlock the Power of Language: Experience the Human-Like Text Generation of GPT-3 in 2021
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2019: OpenAI's GPT-2, a large transformer-based language model, demonstrates the ability to generate coherent and contextually relevant sentences.
Rank: 33Unlocking the Power of Language: Experience the Future of Artificial Intelligence with GPT-2
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1981: Danny Hillis designs the Connection Machine, a massively parallel architecture that brings new power to AI, and to computation in general.
Rank: 11Unlock the Power of AI with the Connection Machine: A Revolutionary Architecture for Massively Parallel Computing.
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2011: IBM's Watson wins Jeopardy! against former champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings.
Rank: 25The Ultimate Showdown: Watson Takes on Jeopardy\'s Best!
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2014: Facebook acquires AI startup DeepFace.
Rank: 28Unlocking the Future of Artificial Intelligence: Facebook Acquires DeepFace in 2014
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1965: Joseph Weizenbaum creates ELIZA, an early natural language processing computer program.
Rank: 5Unlocking the Power of Natural Language Processing: ELIZA in 1965
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1969: Shakey the robot, the first general-purpose mobile robot able to reason about its own actions, is introduced.
Rank: 6Welcome to the Future: Meet Shakey, the Revolutionary Robot with the Power to Think for Itself!
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1956: The term "Artificial Intelligence" is coined at the Dartmouth Conference.
Rank: 2Unlocking the Possibilities of a New Era: Exploring the Boundaries of Artificial Intelligence at the 1956 Dartmouth Conference
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1972: MYCIN, an early expert system for identifying bacteria causing severe infections and recommending antibiotics, is developed.
Rank: 7Unlock the Power of MYCIN: Identify Bacteria and Find the Right Antibiotic for Severe Infections
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2016: Google's AlphaGo beats world champion Go player Lee Sedol.
Rank: 30A New Era of Artificial Intelligence: AlphaGo Takes on the World\'s Best Go Player and Wins!
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1950: Alan Turing proposes the Turing Test.
Rank: 1Unlock the Possibilities of Artificial Intelligence with the Turing Test!
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2010: Microsoft releases Kinect for Xbox 360, which can track 20 human features at a rate of 30 times per second.
Rank: 24Experience the Future of Gaming with Kinect: Track 20 Human Features at 30 Times Per Second!
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2017: Sophia, a humanoid robot developed by Hanson Robotics, is granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia.
Rank: 31A New Era of Human-Robot Relations: Saudi Arabia Grants Citizenship to Sophia, the Humanoid Robot from Hanson Robotics.
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2009: Google starts developing, in secret, a driverless car.
Rank: 23Revolutionizing the Road: Google\'s Secret Plan for a Driverless Future
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2012: Google's X Lab reveals a neural network that taught itself to recognize cats in videos.
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2013: DeepMind Technologies, a British AI company, is founded.
Rank: 27Unlocking the Power of Artificial Intelligence: DeepMind Technologies, Pioneering the Future of AI.
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1997: IBM's Deep Blue beats world chess champion Garry Kasparov.
Rank: 14The Machine Takes the Crown: Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov in 1997 Chess Match.
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2018: OpenAI's DOTA 2 bot beats human professionals at the game.
Rank: 32Experience the Future of Gaming: Watch as OpenAI\'s DOTA 2 Bot Outplays Human Pros!
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1975: Meta-DENDRAL, a program to generate rules for predicting the structure of organic molecules, marks the beginning of machine learning.
Rank: 9Unlocking the Power of Machine Learning: Meta-DENDRAL, the First Step in Automating Organic Chemistry.
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2015: Microsoft releases the chatbot Tay.
Rank: 29Experience the Future of Conversation with Tay - Microsoft\'s Revolutionary Chatbot!
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1961: The first industrial robot, Unimate, starts working on an assembly line in a General Motors plant.
Rank: 4Unimate: Revolutionizing the Automotive Industry Since 1961
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