From Aristotle to Chomsky

• Aristotle formalized human thinking and logical conclusions through syllogisms.
• Leonardo da Vinci designed a hypothetical computing machine with 13 registers.
• Descartes believed rationality and reason can be defined using principles from mechanics and mathematics.
• Hobbes identified similarities between human reasoning and computations of machines.
• Hume contributed to questions of logical induction and causal reasoning.
• The Dartmouth conference in 1956 coined the term "artificial intelligence" and established AI as an independent field of study.
• Alan Turing formalized and mechanized rational thought processes and conceptualized the Turing Test.
• John McCarthy coined the term "artificial intelligence" and established AI as an independent field of study, and invented the programming language Lisp.
• Marvin Minsky combined insights from AI and cognitive science.
• Noam Chomsky contributed to the development of AI through formal language theory and the Chomsky hierarchy.

Test your knowledge on the history of artificial intelligence with this quiz! From Aristotle to Chomsky, this quiz covers the most influential figures in AI and their contributions to the field. Keywords: artificial intelligence, history, Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, Dartmouth conference, Alan Turing, John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Noam Chomsky.