Where Deep Learning and Generative AI Started: Masterminds of Artificial Neural Networks—McCulloch, Pitts, and Rosenblatt

Deep learning and generative artificial intelligence originated in 1943, which preceded our age of digital computers. These origins focused on understanding the functioning of the brain and creating an artificial model of it. The three masterminds who initiated this now very important strand of IT technology are highlighted and the elements of their inventions are outlined.