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Artificial insemination

First in use: c. 1784
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Artificial intelligence

First in use: c. 1956

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The livestock-breeding sense predates the 1956 Dartmouth workshop by 170 years.

Which meaning of AI is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Artificial insemination came first (c. 1784). Artificial intelligence arrived in 1956. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Artificial insemination

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Duplicate · c. 1956

Artificial intelligence

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