Siksha Sarovar

Siksha Sarovar (sikshasarovar.com) is a free educational web application that helps students in India learn programming and prepare for academic and competitive exams. The platform offers structured coding courses (C, C++, Python, Java, HTML, CSS, PHP, Power BI, AI, Machine Learning, Data Science), complete university curriculum notes for BCA/MCA students with previous year question papers, Class 10 and Class 12 CBSE/HBSE school notes, and dedicated preparation material for SSC, UPSC, Banking, Railway and other government exams. Browsing the site is completely free and requires no account. Users may optionally sign in with Google solely to save their learning progress, quiz scores and personal preferences across devices.

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Siksha Sarovar is a free e-learning platform for coding courses, BCA university notes and competitive exam preparation. Optional Google sign-in saves your learning progress across devices.

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History and Evolution

Lesson 3 of 49 in the free AI Fundamentals notes on Siksha Sarovar, written by Rohit Jangra.

The evolution of AI has been a roller coaster of "Hypes" and "Winters":

EraMilestoneDescription
1943-1955GestationMcCulloch & Pitts propose the first artificial neuron model. Turing proposes the Turing Test.
1956The BirthDartmouth Conference: John McCarthy coins the term "Artificial Intelligence".
1952-1969Golden YearsEarly enthusiasm. Programs like ELIZA (chatbot) and General Problem Solver (GPS) show promise.
1974-19801st AI WinterCompute power was insufficient. Funding dried up.
1980-1987Expert SystemsRise of Rule-based systems (e.g., XCON) saving corporations millions. AI becomes an industry.
1987-19932nd AI WinterCollapse of Lisp machine market. "Fifth Generation Computer" project fails.
1997Deep BlueIBM's Deep Blue defeats chess world champion Garry Kasparov.
2011-PresentDeep LearningBig Data + GPU power leads to resurgence. Siri (2011), AlphaGo (2016), ChatGPT (2022).