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AI For Kids
                 Kids can use AI as, AI has become more accessible and user-friendly. There are various ways in which the children can
                 interact with AI technologies. Many educational platforms and toys use AI to improve learning experiences for kids.
                    • Educational Apps and Games: There are various educational apps and games designed for children that utilize AI to
                   adapt to individual learning styles, provide personalized content, and offer interactive experiences.
                    • AI in Storytelling: AI-powered storytelling platforms can engage kids with interactive and adaptive storytelling
                   experiences.
                    • AI Programming Tools for Kids: Some platforms offer simplified AI programming tools that introduce kids to the
                   basics of coding and machine learning in a fun and engaging way.
                    • Voice Assistants: Voice-activated AI assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant can be used by kids to ask
                   questions, play games, and get help with their homework.
                    • AI in Education: AI is being used in schools to help teachers understand their student's performance and to create
                   lesson plans and adaptive assessments that fit each student's needs. It is being used in education to personalize
                   learning, create and provide virtual tutoring.
                    • AI-Powered Toys: AI is integrated into toys, such as robots and interactive plush toys, enabling kids to play, learn,
                   and interact with their AI-powered companions.
                    • AI Art and Creativity: AI tools allow kids to create art and music using machine learning algorithms, stimulating
                   their creativity.


                        History of Artificial Intelligence


                 Artificial Intelligence first emerged in the year 1956. Since then the artificial intelligence has evolved by many folds.
                 Following diagram depicts the history of AI:
                                                                                             AI  Winter
                                                               The word "Artificial Intelligence" was
                                                                                             After  several  reports  criticizing
                                                               first adopted by American Computer   progress in AI, government funding
                       An Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon    scientist  John  McCarthy  at  the   and  interest  in  the  field  dropped
                       created  the  "first  artificial  intelligence   Dartmouth Conference. For the first  off  –  a  period  from  1974–80  that
                       program"  which  was  named  "Logic     time, AI was coined as an academic  became  known  as  the  "AI  winter."
                       Theorist".  This  program  proved  38  of   1955  field.              The field later revived in the 1980s
                                                                                             when the British government started
                       52  Mathematics  theorems  and  found                  1956           funding it again in part to compete
                       new and more elegant proofs for some                                  with efforts by the Japanese.
                       theorems.
                                                                                                       1974

                                                    Alan Turing, who was an English mathematician, and
                                            1950    pioneered  Machine  learning.  Alan  Turing  publishes
                                                    "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" in which he
                          1943                      proposed a test. The test could check the machine's
                                                    ability  to  exhibit  intelligent  behaviour  equivalent  to
                                                    human intelligence, called a Turing test.
                   The  first  work  which  is  now  recognized
                                                    (Also called “The Imitation Game”)
                   as  AI  was  done  by  Warren  McCulloch
                   and Walter pits in 1943. They proposed a
                   model of artificial neurons.

                                                                      IBM's  Deep  Blue  became  the  first  1997
                                                                      computer to beat a chess champion
                                    2011                              when it defeated Russian grandmaster
                                                                      Garry Kasparov.
                     IBM Watson won the quiz show "Jeopardy!" by beating
                     reigning champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings.

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