100 Years of Artificial Intelligence Explained
Nate Herk | AI Automation
Jun 2, 2026
Artificial intelligence transformed from a wartime code-breaking necessity into the backbone of modern software. The industry pivoted from rigid symbolic rule-books to self-learning neural networks, culminating in a massive market shift toward developer-focused agents that allow non-coders to build functional applications.
Key insight: In 2016, during a match against Lee Sedol, AlphaGo made a 'move 37' so unconventional that commentators initially assumed the AI was glitching; it proved that machines could develop autonomous, high-level strategies beyond human programming.
