The concept of smart machines has ancient foundations, dating back to philosophers like Aristotle.Modern history of AI begins in the middle of the 20th century, with Alan Turing's paper on 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence.'The 1956 Dartmouth Conference is a significant event where the term 'Artificial Intelligence' was coined.Researchers like John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, and Allen Newell aimed to simulate human problem-solving and reasoning in machines.