An illustrated timeline charting the incubation of artificial intelligence from 1818-1980, as featured in the Barbican's AI: More than Human exhibition

An illustrated timeline charting the incubation of artificial intelligence from 1818-1980, as featured in the Barbican's AI: More than Human exhibition. From Ada Lovelace's early experiments in mathematics and Charles Babbage's early computers and the Analytical Engine to early uses of the word 'robot' and the emergence of the 'other' in literature such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to the boom in neuroscience and computer science of the 1950s and IBM's invention of early AI programming in 1960.

The Barbican's AI: More than Human (16 May-26 Aug 2019) is an major exhibition exploring creative and scientific developments in artificial intelligence demonstrating its potential to revolutionise our lives. Part of Life Rewired, the Barbican's 2019 season exploring what it means to be human when technology is changing everything.