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Brenda Adhiambo

Hi there| Brenda here, having gone through grief and still learning to live with it, I chose a path of wellness and self-care that has helped me walk this road of tears, sorrow, sadness, uncertainty, and anxiety but also joy, love, laughter, and self-actualization.

Throughout i created tools by researching and learning from those who are more knowledgeable in this area and now I would like to share with you some of these tools as Digital Products, Digital Planners, and Journals. Self-care and Wellness Journals and my own Grief Journal that i created that i use. Hope my products help you as they are helping me.

My Journey

The Birth of AI

1985
The term 'Artificial Intelligence' was coined at the Dartmouth Conference, marking the official beginning of AI as a field. John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, and Claude Shannon organized this seminal event, setting the stage for decades of research and development.

Early Optimism and First AI Winter

1999-2000
The early years saw significant optimism with programs like ELIZA (the first chatbot) and SHRDLU (a natural language understanding system). However, by the early 1970s, funding dried up as researchers faced the limitations of early computing power and the complexity of human intelligence.

Expert Systems and Revival

2000-2009
AI experienced a revival with the development of expert systems like MYCIN (for medical diagnosis) and DENDRAL (for chemical analysis). These systems used rule-based approaches to mimic human decision-making in specific domains, leading to renewed interest and funding in AI research.

Deep Blue Defeats Chess Champion

2020-2025
IBM's Deep Blue became the first computer system to defeat a reigning world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in a six-game match. This milestone demonstrated AI's potential to outperform humans in complex strategic games and captured the public's imagination.

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