 The history of artificial intelligence ( AI ) began in antiquity , with myths , stories and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence or consciousness by master craftsmen ; as Pamela McCorduck writes , AI began with " an ancient wish to forge the gods . " 
 The history of artificial intelligence ( AI ) began in antiquity , with myths , stories and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence or consciousness by master craftsmen ; as Pamela McCorduck <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>writes</mark></a> , AI began with " an ancient wish to forge the gods . " 
Da history of artificial intelligence ( AI ) began in antiquity , with myths , stories and rumors of artificial beings endowed witt intelligence or consciousness by master craftsmen ; as Pamela McCorduck write , AI began w/ " an ancient wish to forge the gods . "