Artificial Intelligence · Recorded milestone
Convolutional neural net
Recorded year1989
Yann LeCun's network reads handwritten digits for the US Postal Service.
Explore this milestone on the interactive mapBuilt on
- DRAM memory chipRecorded · 1970requires
- MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
- BackpropagationRecorded · 1986enables
Led to
- AI recycling robotsRecorded · 2011enables
- Deep learning breakthroughRecorded · 2012enables
- Neural style transferRecorded · 2015enables
- Neural speech synthesisRecorded · 2016enables
- Face-scan boardingRecorded · 2018requires
- AI that uses a computerRecorded · 2024requires
- Whole fly-brain connectomeRecorded · 2024enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.