When was the Idea born?
Although it may seem like a modern concept, the idea of creating beings or machines with artificial intelligence is not new. Its roots go back to ancient times, with myths and legends of automata and artificial beings capable of thought and action. Think of the Greek myth of Talos, a bronze giant who protected Crete, or the mechanical automata of Leonardo da Vinci.
Philosophers like Aristotle were already exploring the rules of logical reasoning, laying the foundations for what we call algorithms today. In the 17th century, thinkers like René Descartes and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz fantasized about machines that could imitate human thought. Leibniz, in fact, conceived of a "universal calculator" that would manipulate logical symbols, an astonishing premonition of modern computers.
These first sparks of human curiosity, the fascination with replicating intelligence, were the true starting point for everything that would come later.