Humans for centuries / have dreamed of machines / that could become intelligent / and make human­like decisions.

There have been myths / about robots, automatons, and artificial beings / since ancient Greece.

e.g., the myth of Pandora, / who released ills upon the world

Likewise, / literature throughout history / has dreamed of creating human­like creatures / and thinking machines.

e.g., Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In 1950, / British mathematician Alan Turing asked / whether machines could think and reason like humans / and then developed the Turing test / to measure a machine's intelligence / and whether the machines can think autonomously.

A few years later, / MIT professor John McCarthy coined "artificial intelligence," / replacing the previously used expression "automata studies."

Since then, / artificial intelligence has become the study and practice / of "making intelligent machines" / that are programmed to think like humans / ― endowed by their creators / with reasoning and learning.