Development of artificial intelligence over time. Play The History of AI trivia solo to sharpen your knowledge, or challenge a friend head-to-head in Trivia Tango — every question comes with an explanation so you learn as you play. Questions span every level, from easy warm-ups to expert-level stumpers, so there's a real challenge here however much you already know.
A mix of easy, medium and hard — questions run from warm-up to expert, so there's a real challenge at every level. Think you know the answers? Play to find out.
In 1997, this IBM supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match.
Difficulty: EasyThis British mathematician proposed a test where a machine's responses are indistinguishable from a human's.
Difficulty: MediumThis 1970s formalism, developed by Roger Schank, aimed to represent the meaning of natural language for AI understanding.
Difficulty: HardReleased in 2014 alongside the Alexa voice assistant, this smart speaker brought AI into millions of homes.
Difficulty: EasyThis menacing AI system from the Terminator franchise becomes self-aware and launches nuclear war against humanity.
Difficulty: MediumHans Moravec programmed this early autonomous vehicle to navigate obstacle courses using stereo vision in the 1970s.
Difficulty: HardFounded in 2015 with backing from Elon Musk, this research company created ChatGPT and GPT-4.
Difficulty: EasyThis 2015 sci-fi thriller features a humanoid robot named Ava that manipulates a programmer during a Turing test.
Difficulty: Medium