This document provides an overview of artificial intelligence, including its history, current applications, and future prospects. It discusses early pioneers like Alan Turing and John McCarthy. Current AI is used in technologies like self-driving cars, voice assistants, fraud detection, and intelligent games. The future of AI may include strong artificial general intelligence that matches or exceeds human abilities through gradual technological progress, with AI becoming more integrated into everyday life and potentially automating many jobs over the coming decades as the technology advances further.