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Eren DEMIR Mehmet BOZDEMIR Onur ALTINTAŞ ACADEMIC CORNER

CAN MACHINES THINK

A Short Story of AII

Today, many computers work all around systems for one job. These systems
the world. They do many calculations worked in areas like medicine,
very fast. Because of this, a machine can law, and engineering. By 1985, they
guess the next word when you write. This became very popular and made a lot
is called a large language model. of money. But in 1987, things changed
again. Personal computers became AI CAN SEE AND HEAR
A large language model learns from
many texts like books, websites, and cheaper, and these systems were no longer Now, AI is not only about text. It can also
conversations. It looks at words and needed anymore. The market became understand images, sounds, and videos.
learns patterns. Then, it can write a smaller, and the second AI winter started. This is called multimodal AI. For example,
poem, answer questions, or help with After that, the name ‘artificial intelligence’ AI can describe a photo, understand a
homework. But actually, it only guesses was not popular. So, many scientists used a voice, and explain a video.
the next word. new name: ‘machine learning’.
A BIG MOMENT THINKING STEP BY STEP
A BIG QUESTION
In 1997, a computer called Deep Blue New AI systems can think step by step.
In 1950, a scientist They not only give answers. They also
named Alan Turing played chess with world champion Garry show how they find the answer. This is
asked an important Kasparov. like a student who explains their solution.
question: The computer won. This was the first
time a machine beat a world champion in AI AS A HELPER
“Can machines Alan TURING
think?” chess. People were very surprised. Today, AI can do many tasks: write emails,
At that time, computers were very big MACHINES THAT LEARN make plans, and help with coding. It is like
a digital assistant that works with you.
and simple. They could only do basic Later, scientists created systems that can
math. But scientists believed that one day learn from data. This is called machine THE FUTURE OF AI
machines could be very smart. learning. In the future, AI may:
In Türkiye, a famous In 2012, a system • help scientists make new discoveries
scientist, Cahit Arf, named AlexNet • help doctors create special treatments
also asked this showed very good • drive cars without people
question. He said results. After • create more content online
machines can that, AI improved But AI also uses a lot of energy, and we
calculate and quickly. must be careful.
Cahit ARF use language. In 2016, AlphaGo AlexNet
But humans are Final Words: This Story Will Be Written
different. People can feel, like music, and played against Lee With You
make personal choices. Sedol and won. AI has changed a lot in 70 years. It is now
FIRST DISAPPOINTMENTS: AI People were surprised again because the a strong tool.
WINTERS machine made creative moves. But remember:
A NEW TECHNOLOGY
In 1973, a report in the United Kingdom
AI is only a tool. People decide how to
said that AI only worked on simple In 2017, a new system called Transformer
use it.
problems and was not useful in real life. changed everything. It helped machines
This was the start of the first AI winter. In understand language better. Today, Your generation will grow with AI. You
the 1980s, scientists changed their plans. systems like ChatGPT use this technology. should use it carefully and wisely.
They stopped trying to build one big In 2022, ChatGPT became very popular, The future of AI depends
smart machine. Instead, they built small and millions of people started to use it. on you!
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