AI And SAP: Beneficial Combination? - e3zine – E-3 Magazine International

For the longest time, artificial intelligence (AI) was nothing more than exciting material for science fiction novels and movies. In 1982, Harrison Ford was hunting down replicants in'Blade Runners'; in 2001, Steven Spielberg wove an intricate tale of a relationship between human and machine in'A. Technologies that emulate or surpass human skills and characteristics are fascinating – not only on the big screen. For decades, scientists have dedicated time and money to the topic of artificial intelligence. The workshop'Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence', held in 1956 at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA, is seen as the starting point of AI as academic subject.