Not every problem needs ChatGPT.
Click through seventy years of AI. See what each kind does, what it needs, and which one fits your company.
1950s to 1990s
Rule-based AI
People write every rule. The computer follows them very fast.
Checking moves
0
positions per second on Deep Blue (1997)
Best move: Qxd8+
In 1950, Alan Turing asked if machines can think, and Claude Shannon described how a computer could play chess. In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue beat world champion Garry Kasparov. It did not learn. It followed search rules written by people.
Think of it like this
A very fast clerk with a thick rulebook. If the case is in the book, the answer is perfect. If not, the clerk is stuck.
Key methods and trends
1950
Minimax search
Look ahead at possible moves, assume the opponent plays well, and pick the safest path.
Where it sits
Artificial intelligence
Machine learning
Deep learning
Large language models
Rule-based systems are AI, but not machine learning: nothing is learned from data.