5 Key Facts About AI: How Long Has It Been Around?

In recent years, the prevalence of artificial intelligence in our everyday lives has increased drastically. We now see such technology in our phones, in cybersecurity, and even in cars. But where did it all begin for AI, and what lies in its future? Well, here are some interesting facts you may not know about artificial intelligence. While the ancient Greeks wrote about "intelligent robots" in religious mythology, artificial intelligence was first conceptualized by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, a German mathematician and philosopher, in the late seventeenth century.