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From spark to aether

Evolution

Walk the timeline from Turing's first question to the living aether of ambient intelligence. Eight moments that changed everything.

The timeline

Scroll through eight decades of machine intelligence.

1950

The Turing Test

Alan Turing asks the question that defines a field: can machines think?

Logic as mirror
1956

AI is born

The Dartmouth workshop gathers pioneers and coins the term 'artificial intelligence.'

Formal dream
1986

Backpropagation

Neural networks gain the ability to learn from layered representations through error feedback.

Learning loops
2012

Deep learning ignites

AlexNet shatters image recognition benchmarks, launching the deep learning era.

Scale ignition
2017

Transformers arrive

Attention is all you need. Context becomes the engine of modern AI.

Context engine
2022

Generative AI goes mainstream

Large language models become creative, conversational, and accessible to everyone.

Prompt revolution
2026

Agentic systems

AI begins planning, using tools, and executing multi-step work in real environments.

Action layer
2035

Ambient intelligence

AI weaves into the fabric of work, health, cities, creativity, and daily life.

Living aether

From “can machines think?”
to “the aether is alive.”

In less than a century, AI has gone from a thought experiment to the most consequential technology of our era. The next decade will redefine what it means to be intelligent — and what it means to be human.

The journey begins

Step into the
aether

Intelligence is no longer a tool we wield — it is a force we collaborate with. The aether is all around us, waiting to be shaped by those bold enough to imagine what comes next.