Page 137 - Trackpad_V2.1_Class5
P. 137
REVISIT
▶ Intelligence can be defined as the mental capacity to acquire and apply knowledge.
▶ Artificial Intelligence or AI refers to the software technologies that give machines or robots the
intelligence to perform tasks generally performed by intelligent beings.
▶ John McCarthy was the first person to coin the term Artificial Intelligence in the DartMouth
Conference held in 1956.
▶ WABOT-2 was built at Waseda University in 1984.
▶ Asimo, Roomba, Google's driverless car, etc., were developed in 2000s.
▶ Sophia, Siri, Google Home, etc., were developed after 2010.
1. Tick ( ) the correct option.
a. Who is known as the father of Artificial Intelligence?
(i) John McCarthy (ii) Alan Turing
(iii) Allen Newell (iv) Rollo Carpenter
b. Which of the following is an example of AI via chatbox used for communicating with
people?
(i) WABOT-2 (ii) ASIMO
(iii) Jabberwacky (iv) Kismet
c. Which company secretly developed a driverless car in 2009 which also passed Nevada’s
self-driving test by 2014?
(i) Google (ii) Apple
(iii) Honda (iv) Yamaha
d. Which of the following is a virtual assistant developed by Microsoft?
(i) Alexa (ii) Cortana
(iii) Siri (iv) Kinect
2. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false.
a. Roomba is a robot used for space exploration.
Evolution of Artificial Intelligence 135

