Welcome to the Journey: Why AI Matters for Travel Marketing Now

In order to go forward, it is important to look backwards.

John McCarthy first used the term AI during a summer research project in 1956 at Dartmouth. But there are earlier instances from 1943, when McCulloch and Pitts were working on neural networks, and then, of course, Alan Turing’s concept of a “thinking machine” in 1950.

Artificial Intelligence is not a new concept, but rather a continuous line of innovation over the past 75 years. Since the first use of AI was used to play chess in 1952, we thought playing a game here would be the perfect way to learn and pay homage to the roots of artificial intelligence.

Sticks and stones won’t tell you how to make fire.

– Parth Patil

In our latest whitepaper, we dive into the world of artificial intelligence, with a thorough explainer and workflows you can use immediately. You will brush up on your AI vocabulary, take a look at the strengths of each platform, find out what we’ve discovered from experts in the field, and learn how to put these incoming changes to use.

Join us on this adventure as we push boundaries, defy limits and forge ourselves into true masters within this epic game!

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