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The Origins of Intelligence: A Journey Through AI History

Welcome to this stage of the course on AI and Critical Thinking!

In this activity, you are invited to explore an interactive timeline of the history of Artificial Intelligence, and websites and digital platforms that use AI in different ways. As you navigate them, think about how AI is transforming the way we live, learn, communicate, and make decisions.

This is also an opportunity to strengthen your critical thinking skills by reflecting on the benefits, challenges, and ethical impacts of AI on society and on our future. Stay curious, ask questions, and connect what you discover with your own experiences and perspectives.

Enjoy the learning journey!

Explore

AI Timeline An interactive timeline of the history of Artificial Intelligence, in English and Norwegian. Kaspar Bredahl Rasmussen, Nord University. Open the timeline (new tab) →

Your task

  1. Move through the timeline and choose a few moments that changed what AI could do.
  2. Try one or two websites or digital platforms that use AI in different ways, and note what they do.
  3. Reflect on the benefits, challenges, and ethical impacts of AI on society and on our future.
  4. Connect what you discovered with your own experiences and perspectives.

Your notes

Note the moments you chose, the tools you tried, and what you think about them. Your notes stay in this browser; nothing is sent anywhere. Download them to keep them.