# From Alan Turing’s thought experiment to the $13,500 workshop that named the field — this is the story of artificial intelligence

> Although AI may still feel like something new, the term itself was born more than seven decades ago, during a modest proposal for a summer research project at Dartmouth that carried a budget request of $13,500.

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-usd13-500-that-changed-the-fate-of-humanity-how-the-term-artificial-intelligence-was-first-coined-71-years-ago-but-sadly-without-the-legendary-visionary-soul-who-imagined-it?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6994b4f3a780fe206b0b4647)
- **Published:** 2026-02-17
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #ai #artificial #intelligence #alan #experiment #field #foundation #named
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