1920s: Scientists and mathematicians make the first attempts at artificial intelligence.
1926: The first teaching machine is created.
1950: Alan Turing publishes "Computing Machinery and Intelligence," a paper that speculated about whether computers could think.
1956: John McCarthy coins the term "artificial intelligence" and suggests that all aspects of human intelligence can be described clearly and specifically enough to be replicated by a machine.
1956: The Dartmouth Conference (often considered the beginning of artificial intelligence) occurs during the summer at Dartmouth College. Scientists come together to consider the major obstacles to artificial intelligence.
1956: "Push Button Bertha" is composed by a computer.
1957: The Iliac Suite is composed by a computer.
1950s and 60s: Educators and administrators become interested in teaching machines.
1967: The first computer that runs on a neural network - now a common type of artificial intelligence - is built.
1970s: Work on artificial intelligence for education takes off.
1980: David Cope begins Experiments in Musical Intelligence, a project that generated hundreds of compositions in the style of famous composers.
1987: The era of modern artificial intelligence begins.