Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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TechBits: In 1956, the Dartmouth Conference marked the official birth of artificial intelligence. Organized by John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, and Claude Shannon, it was the first gathering dedicated to exploring how machines could simulate human thought. On our show, I’ve explained artificial intelligence in detail, and you’ll find a brief portion of that explanation in this video to put this historic event into context.

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