Concepts of artificial intelligence in antiquity

Concepts of artificial intelligence in antiquity refers to historical myths, philosophical ideas, and early mechanical devices from ancient civilizations that resemble the modern concept of artificial intelligence. Although AI as a scientific discipline emerged only in the mid-20th century, scholars have noted that ancient peoples imagined and, in some cases, built artificial beings, self-operating machines, and rule-based reasoning systems long before such technology existed. Historians of science and technology treat them not as technical precursors to modern AI, but as evidence of a longstanding human fascination with the idea of manufactured beings capable of independent action.

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