The Epic History of Artificial Intelligence

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www.amazon.com/Brief-History-...
www.g2.com/articles/history-o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...
courses.cs.washington.edu/cou...
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I am the co-founder of soylent.com and lucy.co, both of which were funded by Y Combinator (Summer 2012 and Winter 2018).
I've been an entrepreneur for the last decade across multiple companies. I've done a lot of work in Silicon Valley, so that's mostly what I talk about. I've raised over 10 rounds of venture capital totaling over $100m in funding.
I work mostly in tech-enabled consumer packaged goods, meaning I use software to make the best products possible and then deliver them to the widest possible audience. I'm a big fan of machine learning, python programming, and motion graphics.
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[@JohnCooganPlus]

Please ignore all scam comments! Apparently AI can generate incredible images but can't recognize that someone with the name wHaTsApP pRoFiT with my exact profile picture is a scammer lol. Big thanks to OpenAI for letting me use the DALL-E 2 beta for this. Such a fun project! You can follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/johncoogan or join my discord: discord.gg/e9nKhPCNkq

[@Akash.Chopra]

I always pause whatever I'm doing to watch your videos 😊

[@IRLC]

Perfect way to describe how KZbin is obviously not putting in the effort to clean up their comments. So many obvious solutions to remove large quantities of spam that don't even require AI (just pattern matching). But applied AI could do so much more...

[@ppssppgames5463]

True Do give up🖤🔥

[@masternobody1896]

ai still weak taking longer than expected. if ai become super smart. I hope they can help cure cancer and other problems like climate change

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

@@masternobody1896 we already know how to solve climate change

[@aaronabuusama]

Love the reference to Two Minute papers! “What a time to be alive”

[@zzz_zzzzzzz_zzz_imtired]

Oh my god... I was about to write "Wow how can you afford such nice visuals?" until I heard your ending sentence and remembered the beginning of the video... AI is progressing really fast in the past couple years, wow! Nice reference at 16:39

[@CharlesWeill]

I can't believe an AI made these illustrations. What a time to be alive!

[@JohnCooganPlus]

It's really so incredible. People are starting to hack on the API a bit and get it to do weird things like endless zooming out using inpainting methods. Very fun to watch.

[@DharmaScienceRadio]

@@JohnCooganPlus can you share a link? 🤠

[@0x0michael]

i'm holding on to my papers

[@avidachs4434]

hello fellow scholar

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

@@0x0michael loool i just came from that channel

[@henrryfermin5033]

you are the most underrated youtuber. you will be HUGE one day brother!

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Appreciate that! The steady growth is compounding like crazy. It's an amazing thing to watch.

[@skyprince7058]

That's tots true

[@masternobody1896]

@@JohnCooganPlus yes keep up the ai work. more ai video please thanks

[@mayurpanchal7680]

No, people want entertainment. Not educational content

[@CallumMorrison]

Totaly Agree

[@CAPSLOCK_USER]

Loved the visuals on this video! I can totally see a future where content creators use text-to-image models extensively. I kinda prefer this way of illustration of a video essay than the bits from movies one.

[@alexleung842]

I bet there'll be a text to video sometime soon. Then I can produce movies from a word doc.

[@HerleifJarle]

AIs have already evolved. Imagine creating images from a just simple text. I've seen a demo on Bluewillow and it was just amazing to see how far technology has come.

[@dsp4392]

Nice reference to Two Minute Papers at 16:40!

[@JohnCooganPlus]

glad you caught it!

[@abhiabhi1054]

"What a time to be alive " that's enough for giving credits😂

[@JohnCooganPlus]

would any of us really understand this stuff without Dr. Károly Zsolnai-Fehér?

[@bonaventureokoli7988]

@@JohnCooganPlus FACTS

[@newyorthtimes4496]

Two minutes paper was the reason I became interested in AI. Ended up taking a masters in ML and starting a phd in it

[@Everything00523]

@@newyorthtimes4496 that's cool

[@handlemonium]

​@@newyorthtimes4496 May Yorth be deep in it 😉

[@IvanParadinovic]

Throughout the video I was thinking how were you able to find so many appropriate images. And how is it possible that all of them shared the same production style. Commissioning them from a specific artist would obviously be economically unfeasible for the purpose of a youtube video. Then you really hit me with the twist at the end. Absolutely genius!

[@thuriyayenaing7571]

Same

[@CharlesWeill]

This video was so good, I had to watch it twice. Trying to solve these problems using deterministic "brute force", like searching the maze, indeed only works for very small problems. Modern AI (machine learning) uses probabilities to non-deterministically explore the search space with the heuristics being applied at the data collection, and data clearing stage, and well as within the choice of the machine Learning algorithm's architecture. It's still "brute-force"-ish, but look at the breakthroughs we get from that!

[@JohnCooganPlus]

it's such a deep topic but I'm always left incredibly optimistic about the future. It feels like the applications of this tech will just keep growing and growing.

[@draugh1r219]

i think that humans too use brute force to solve problem, otherwise we need an extra entity or place where ideas or solutions come from

[@RocketPipeTV]

It’s sad to see how many fools there are already worshiping the “neon god they made”.

[@SXB1261]

Incredibly insight on history overlayed on a 100% digital video. But your narration delivery takes the cake. Storytelling was too good!

[@ClayMann]

It's a stunning video, beautifully written. I've followed A.I and robotics all my life waiting for AGI and this video while illustrating beautifully the story also illustrates the compression in time its taking between leaps. Or to put it another way the exponential growth in computing and A.I research compounding onto itself that is keeping it accelerating ever faster. We are now seeing leaps forward in technical ability every month. As the two minute paper guy says, what a time to be alive!

[@massonline1]

As usual, you make technology fun. Your channel has no competition. We’re becoming faithful followers.

[@Yguy]

Omg this is so good... Some pictures were just gold. As someone who struggles to find stock footage, I see AI generated stock photos as a complete game changer

[@6lack5ushi]

“Breaking through the fog of “ was a section from a Harvard paper on the history of AI that I used to reference GPT3 that wild to hear… WE definitely need to rethink copywriting

[@bonaventureokoli7988]

Love the reference to Two minutes papers, 'What A Time To Be Alive'.

[@aktugbirinci3361]

I used to tell my daughter that she should prepare herself to be a creative person in the future cause that is one area AI will not be touching that much... Well when i first saw Dall-e about a month ago i realised that I couldnt be more wrong! I was on the waiting list to try it out but John bet me to it:)))

[@uditnarayangope]

What an amazing content.Very well explained.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@vectoralphaAI]

Reading the comments on this video about how "good" these AI images look is amazing considering they are so bad compared to what Midjourney can do now only 1 year later. Really solidifies how fast the progress in AI is moving.

[@WilfEsme]

From basic AI responses to AIs creating or mimicking a real human to generating art. Can't believe that now we even have multiple AI companies like Bluewillow.

[@YoussefELG]

DALL-E 2 generated the illustrations, Imagine if the script of this video is written by GPT-3. What a time to be alive, indeed!

[@kristapszs1]

Those generated faces can get quite creepy. Which word/command made the DALL-E create it that way? Or was it accidental?

[@AlexM710]

I’ve been waiting for you to drop a video with DALL-E!! It’s going to be a game changer for people in all types of creative fields.

[@101basics4]

Your KZbin channel is one of my favorite podcasts

[@NithinThomas]

Your story telling is amazing!

[@SHOCKPROOFX]

"What a Time to be Alive!" -- Two Minute Papers 16:40

[@josephvercetti]

Woahh can’t even imagine what ai will be like in 10 years or more

[@JohnCooganPlus]

I think there will be entire KZbin channels that are essentially fully automated. Everything from topic selection, title and thumbnail, to the actual visuals and voice over will be AI generated.

[@abouteverytenyears5238]

@@JohnCooganPlus But at that point social media will become obsolete

[@derinko]

Loved the last addition, a homage to Dr. Karoly

[@LinfordMellony]

Thanks for the quick history! It's actually quite informative especially with the rise of AIs recently. I've been on Bluewillow and I can say that AIs will revolutionize technology and hasn't reached it full potential yet. So I'll looking forward into the future!

[@JustBrownShuga]

You’re becoming my favorite KZbinr of all time slowly

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Appreciate that! It's so great to be able to run weird experiments on the channel like this. Definitely doesn't fit my normal theme, but figured people would enjoy it anyway.

[@Merlin0216]

Wow, very high quality visuals! I'm very impressed!

[@johnzelek277]

So well produced. Great stuff.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

thanks! really fun process

[@1_McGyver]

You should have included in the story of Perceptron and the discovery of using GPU cores to simulate neural networks. Both of these things were critical points in the history of artificial intelligence.

[@rxylp5379]

Quality content! You deserve more views and subs.

[@loumulet]

So good, your whole channel is gold.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Thanks a lot!

[@scotgod1]

john your content is so good love it my fav on you tube i like this kind of thing

[@hoogyoutube]

Genius idea

[@JohnCooganPlus]

means a lot coming from you! definitely still in the prototype phase here, but this could become really powerful pretty quickly. excited to keep playing with it. happy to chat more if you’re interested.

[@galateamiscelanea]

A la mitad del vídeo note que nunca había visto imágenes así y me preguntaba por que no utilizabas fotos de esas personas,pero al ver el comentario fijado ya lo entendí

[@kunalgarg9343]

Disclaimer: No digital artist was harmed in the making of this video

[@akihiko99]

Harmed by AI, because artist will lose to AI

[@jain78343]

@@akihiko99 Yes, but for most simple illustrations. The hard work of showing creativeness in art is still done by humans and will be.

[@glenneroo3193]

You mean every artist was potentially harmed because nobody got paid.

[@LucasdeBlock]

You’re the next Marques Brownlee of Tech KZbin

[@rvdb3866]

What a time to be alive! Hahaha. Great 2 minute paper pun. Great video John. Loving your work.

[@thuriyayenaing7571]

Your videos are invaluable

[@matthewtheuma5225]

This is really interesting and helpful!

[@helpmereach45ksubswithoutvideo]

These videos is the thing we need

[@YouthVideoQuest]

Thanks for the history cool images.

[@markdudar6632]

Keep up the good work

[@youngbillionaire022]

Good research

[@stischer47]

Having received my PhD in CompSci in AI in 1987, the frameworks for AI were there, computer power and access to data were the main roadblocks to its development. I have always said that giving enough data and the power to analyze it, we could replicate Hari Seldon's "psychohistory" from Asimov's Foundation series. The internet has given access to the data, computing power has allowed the implementation of the AI frameworks, and it will only be a matter of time before Hari Seldon's theory will be a reality.

[@mayankdwivedi1893]

I love your content bro and even share it with all the people I know . This video too was amazing. One feedback would be that you could work more on narration skills because I tend to miss a lot of points while I am watching the video which makes me unable to understand what you are trying to say next and then I have to go back and rewatch. Cheers .

[@gaspargon7173]

Amazing Idea

[@abdullahbinuzair1685]

man its by far the best video i have ever seen . Just thinking about the future excites me , all these things metaverse , iot , blockchain will change many things but Ai will guide us to discover those things which we cant even imagine ( i am really excited in ai can i have chat with ya pls .)

[@BigRockNor]

Excellent!

[@____uncompetative]

"Remarkable images from simple text prompts" Kurt Gödel GIGO

[@JKM115]

Scariest thing is that I have no idea which facts are true and which are not. That's kind of scary

[@Curlzyness]

What were the prompts for generating such amazing images? I never seem able to find the perfect word for DALLE to generate usable pictures.

[@exo-man]

dude your so underrated only 24k views should be 500k

[@JeiShian]

16:40 "what a time to be alive" hahahah i got that reference 😆

[@HIDDENADHD]

Great video 💪

[@nick2fr292]

This is 🔥🔥🔥 bro

[@JojiniChazz]

love this releasing a movie around the subject of AI this friday !

[@kate_vye810]

I find this EXTREMELY interesting that A.I art... went from Schizophrenic type of arts to BPD-ish type of art...

[@TylerF]

Coolest video I've seen all year!

[@JohnCooganPlus]

appreciate that!

[@fredrickdenga7552]

Beautiful AI video 🎉🎉👍🚀Dall.E 2 is not meant to replace artists but to reinforce their efforts such as in this video

[@rameshdevasi6720]

he literally replaces it, no need for an artist in this video, otherwise it will take 2-3 artists to complete this video and thousands of dollar.

[@savon1999]

The computerized language is system format,linguage for instruction and directions.A mental focus,then physical performance.

[@the_iurlix]

@16:40 "What a time to be alive". Do we have a Doctor Károly Zsolnai-Fehér 2 minutes papers fan? 😏

[@garv3293]

Amazing!

[@Mutual_Information]

Wow this is an excellent idea and very well executed. Well done!

[@kairu_b]

This is awesome

[@ermac6466]

0:13 How did he find such perfectly round boulders, are you sure he wasn't shooting them with cannonballs?

[@rameshdevasi6720]

underrated video!

[@suryansh70]

Awesome 👍

[@raveeshbhat582]

Great video 😀😀

[@JohnCooganPlus]

Thanks a lot!

[@acslongg]

I want to become a creative director and I always sucked at drawing painting and other visual arts since I can’t recreate what my mind visualize!! I think AI will make my dream come true.. having the right concepts I’ll have the right images 🥰

[@josephglover4546]

The robot itself might have to follow the three laws, but that doesn't stop it from building and programming another robot without such limitations.

[@samajinarayan5315]

What's the price of using the API of Dalle 2 ??

[@kennethmayor3596]

Can anyone explain how videos like this are done? How much time is dedicated to curating these images and scenes

[@alejandromedina1019]

1 -Make a script with your voiceover and a list of what the illustrations for each part should be. 2 -Provide descriptions to Dall-E (the Ai) and Dall-E will provide the illustrations . 3- Bring the Illustrations to After Effects (or alternative) separate the illustration in layers and add a layer to enhance the atmosphere like the particles in the light or the fire sparks. 4- Line it up with the VO and export the video.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

@@alejandromedina1019 yep, this is basically it. I used some automation to speed things up, and it could still be made more efficient, but you nailed the basic workflow.

[@florianh.7399]

Awesome channel John, greeting from Oberhausen (Germany)! Could you please make a video about nvidia and metaverse? 🤓

[@charles4372]

You are one smart man ! 🧠

[@jamesgabor9284]

Saw that 2 minute papers reference at the end

[@jdcampolargo]

Ok so the video was made using Dalle2? But how were all the pictures combined and made into a video?

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

this is so cool

[@United_Wings]

that's cool

[@BryanMario]

Two minutes paper reference at the end 👌🏼😅

[@lanchenbamayengbam8616]

plz make a video for current intesrestig ai projects

[@rameshdevasi6720]

human search for art ended with mark Rothko painting Untitled 1970, and then new art emerges from the void a portrait of Edmond de Belamy made by AI. human just left to witness, and that conscious witness is the only thing humans have, the observer.

[@gordonfreeman4357]

What a time to be alive! What did I hear! haha

[@marvincolon]

Skynet needs to see this video ASAP

[@ovibiswas7849]

Sorry I had to comment . The content is amazing.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

appreciate that ovi!

[@mateocovacho3387]

What ai did teh ilustrations? Dall-e Imagen

[@JohnCooganPlus]

DALL-E 2 from OpenAI. Would love to get Imagen access at some point.

[@jaydee4397]

Shout out to Two-Minute Papers. I saw what you did there. :)

[@kKpeaceKk]

Thank you for this great video! The first 100 seconds were.... very creative. Talon, automatons? Haha. That has nothing to do with AI. Not by any stretch of the imagination.

[@robertweekes5783]

Loving the delightfully weird AI images 😉

[@tibettenballs4962]

This is a TLDR of Sire Walter Isaacson (the innovators)

[@thuriyayenaing7571]

I still can’t believe this video was done by AI So much better than bunch of movie clips appearing on my screen 😂😂

[@ProfQED]

how did you made this video with AI?

[@benjamindover4337]

Welcome to John Cougans Clickbait

[@Lovin_It]

How come you show an abacus but exclude it from your history? Quiz: in what year did expert operators of hand held calculators perform faster than experts using an abacus?

[@gnammyhamster9554]

Meanwhile gamefreak: if move super effective, click move

[@42fontenator]

Now if we can only automate all repetitive yet necessary labor so we can live for something other than money, that would be great.