A field guide to connected ideas
AI Discovery Atlas
Every idea has a history. Every lesson opens a new connection.
Follow the people, problems, and discoveries behind the AI you’re learning.
Your class expedition
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course topics discovered
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One history. Parallel paths.
Select a topic to trace its connections. Drag to travel; use + and − to zoom.
Position means time, not progress. Dates mark specific milestones; see each card for the fuller history.
A note from the mapmaker
History is a network.
Your course is a path through it.
Ideas can develop at the same time, be rediscovered, or meet decades later. The map separates documented influence, technical relationships, and classroom comparisons. An arrow never means “came next” by itself.
Each card names contributors, explains what its date represents, and links to sources. Diamonds mark historical context; unnamed silhouettes are discoveries waiting for a future lesson.