20. How Sci-Fi Became Reality: The History of AI

Journey Through Time

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🗓️ 20 July 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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What role did WWII enigma hero Alan Turing play in the early development of AI? Why are games so important to the history of AI? Did 2001: A Space Odyssey influence the design of the iPad? Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga are joined by Steven Johnson, author and co-founder of Notebook LM, to discuss all this and more. Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Google's Notebook LM.
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1:26.4	Hello and welcome to a special edition of Journey Through Time.
1:30.7	I'm David Aldoushoga.
1:31.8	I'm Sarah Churchwell.
1:33.0	And in this special episode, we are joined by a special guest, the historian and science
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