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Nishith Pathak and Anurag BhandariIoT, AI, and Blockchain for .NEThttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3709-0_1

1. The Artificial Intelligence 2.0 Revolution

Nishith Pathak1  and Anurag Bhandari2
(1)
Kotdwara, Dist. Pauri Garhwal, India
(2)
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
 

Once upon a time, computers were as big as rooms. They were capable of complex mathematical calculations. They were not, though, meant to be operated by people like me and you. Nor were they designed for creating documents and presentations, playing games, or surfing the web. Early computers were powered by vacuum tubes—just like most other sophisticated electronic devices of the time—and were used in scientific research. Then, the semiconductor revolution ...

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