The Manifest Destiny of Artificial Intelligence

The history of artificial intelligence can be traced back to the earliest days of computer science - to Alan Turing's 1951 paper Computing, Machinery & Intelligence and some would say even further back to the writing's of Ada Countess of Lovelace in the 19th century. Brian Hayes, writing for American Scientist has written a good short history of AI called, The Manifest Destiny of Artificial Intelligence.
[Article provided by Mark Wilson]