When did artifical intelligence research start?

The creator of Artificial Intelligence studies begins with
the work of pioneer computer scientist Alexander Turing (1912-1954) who in the 1930's
evolved a concept of a "Turing Machine."  This was quantified as a device that could
manipulate symbols and derive an answer to computations if a set of rules where in
place. About a decade later, the first machine that we would recognize as the
grandfather of the modern computer was built based on Turing's principles.  One of the
more interesting concepts he promoted was the idea that a device would pass the "Turing
Test" if an operator, in interacting with the device, couldn't determine if the machine
was computing on its own, or if there was actually a human controller behind it.  If
operating on its own, the machine would then be acting "intelligently,"  and, of course,
"artificially."