History of AI and Evolution of Data Science Flashcards
When and where was AI born as a distinct field?
1956 during a conference at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
When was the first “AI Summer”?
Mid-1950s to mid-1970s.
When was the first “AI Winter”?
Mid-1970s to mid 1980s.
When was the second “AI Summer”?
Mid 1980s to late 1980s.
When was the second “AI Winter”?
Late 1980s to late 1990s.
What time period is considered the “Renaissance and the Era of Big Data”?
Late 1990s to present.
What was the first AI programming language?
LISP
What is one of the earliest examples of Natural Language Processing?
ELIZA - it simulated a Rogerian psychotherapist by rephrasing a patient’s statements as questions and posing them to the patient.
What is the definition of data science?
The science of dealing with data, once they have been established, while the relation of the data to what they represent is delegated to other fields and sciences.
What was the “Foundations” time period for data science?
1960s to 1980s
When was the “Age of Databases”?
1980s to 1990s
Name two transformational developments which altered the ways businesses dealt with data.
1) Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)
2) Structured Query Language (SQL)
When was the “Advent of the Internet”?
1990s to 2000s
What does “Big Data” refer to?
The exponential growth of data.
What is the definition of ”Data Mining”?
The process of discovering patterns in large data sets.
