AI originated from ancient myths and stories, but took shape in the 20th century.Alan Turing posed the question of whether machines can think, leading to the creation of the Turing Test.AI saw progress in the 1960s and 1970s, but faced setbacks in the AI Winter of the 1970s and 1980s.Expert systems and the rise of machine learning revived AI in the 1980s and 2000s respectively.AI gained prominence in the 2010s with advancements in big data and cloud computing.The future of AI involves its pervasive presence and challenges in ethics and regulation.