As we continue to make new advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, this series takes a look back at the story of how we taught computers to learn. What are the ideas that made modern AI tools possible? Where did the ideas come from? And what's the logic behind how they work? *** Spanning Tree is an educational video series about computer science and mathematics. See more at https://spanningtree.me To be notified when a new video is released, sign up for the Spanning Tree mailing list at https://spanningtree.substack.com/ You can support the Spanning Tree channel at https://ko-fi.com/spanningtree Spanning Tree is created by Brian Yu. https://brianyu.me/ Email me at brian@spanningtree.me to suggest a future topic. 0:00 Intelligence 0:45 Theseus 2:07 Turing Test 3:49 Playing Chess 5:30 Artificial Neurons