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What is intelligence? In the middle of the 20th century, the inner workings of the human brain inspired computer scientists to build the first \u201cthinking machines\u201d. But how does human intelligence actually relate to the artificial kind?

This is the first episode in a four-part series on the evolution of modern generative AI. What were the scientific and technological developments that took the very first, clunky artificial neurons and ended up with the astonishingly powerful large language models that power apps such as ChatGPT?

Host: Alok Jha, The Economist\u2019s science and technology editor. Contributors: Ainslie Johnstone, The Economist\u2019s data journalist and science correspondent; Dawood Dassu and Steve Garratt of UK Biobank; Daniel Glaser, a neuroscientist at London\u2019s Institute of Philosophy; Daniela Rus, director of MIT\u2019s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; Yoshua Bengio of the University of Montr\xe9al, who is known as one of the \u201cgodfathers\u201d of modern AI.

On Thursday April 4th, we\u2019re hosting a live event where we\u2019ll answer as many of your questions on AI as possible, following this Babbage series. If you\u2019re a subscriber, you can submit your question and find out more at economist.com/aievent. 

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