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# AI in 1989

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## December 1989, 1 event (1 major)

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- 1989: [LeCun applies backprop-trained convolutional nets to handwritten digits](https://postcutoff.com/e/1989-12-01-lecun-convolutional-networks/). Source: https://doi.org/10.1162/neco.1989.1.4.541