History of AI: 1800 - 2022

19th Century

 

image of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster

public domain

20th Century

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator

Copyright Vivendi/StudioCanal

 

2016

 

image of a phone with screen displaying a digitally scrambled avatar and the introduction "I'm Tay"

Some Twitter users began tweeting politically incorrect phrases, teaching it inflammatory messages revolving around common themes on the internet, such as "redpilling" and "Gamergate". As a result, the robot began releasing racist and sexually-charged messages in response to other Twitter users.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot)

Image credit Microsoft.