May 11 - Day 1 - A Brief History of Artificial Neural Networks

To best understand how Artificial Neural networks (ANN) are used in artificial intelligence (AI), in this leadoff class we will look at the ways that ANNs have been used in theoretical as well as applied applications. The class will start from the first hardcoded neurons through some of the programming breakthroughs that eventually allowed the practical application of ANNs in real-world applications.