The History of AI https://walma.ai/podcast en © Walma Labs AB A short series about a very old idea, told one chapter at a time. From bronze giants and paper wheels to the Turing test, the AI winters and the language models of today, in episodes of about ten minutes. Written and produced by Walma, narrated by a synthetic voice. Thu, 12 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT Walma A short series about a very old idea, told one chapter at a time. From bronze giants and paper wheels to the Turing test, the AI winters and the language models of today, in episodes of about ten minutes. Written and produced by Walma, narrated by a synthetic voice. serial false Walma info@walma.ai https://walma.ai/media/podcast/cover.jpg The History of AI https://walma.ai/podcast no The Dream The Dream https://walma.ai/podcast/the-dream walma-history-of-ai-s01e01 Thu, 12 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT In the summer of 1956, a handful of researchers met at Dartmouth College to work out how to make a machine think. They did not manage it, but they gave the problem its name. This episode follows the idea back to its roots: Talos, the bronze giant of Crete, Ramon Llull’s paper wheels, Leibniz and “let us calculate”, Ada Lovelace’s objection that a machine can never originate anything, Alan Turing’s imitation game, and the first mathematical model of a neuron. In the summer of 1956, a handful of researchers met at Dartmouth College to work out how to make a machine think. They did not manage it, but they gave the problem its name. This episode follows the idea back to its roots: Talos, the bronze giant of Crete, Ramon Llull’s paper wheels, Leibniz and “let us calculate”, Ada Lovelace’s objection that a machine can never originate anything, Alan Turing’s imitation game, and the first mathematical model of a neuron.

Chapters

  • 0:00 Dartmouth, summer 1956
  • 1:04 Bronze giants and paper wheels
  • 2:34 Ada Lovelace draws a line
  • 3:46 Alan Turing and the imitation game
  • 5:33 Neurons as logic
  • 6:26 The Dartmouth workshop
  • 8:11 What was promised, and what arrived

Transcript and sources: https://walma.ai/podcast/the-dream

The History of AI is produced by Walma. We help companies in Europe put AI to work, safely. Narrated by a synthetic voice.

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