The often breathless media coverage surrounding ChatGPT and related Large Language Models (LLMs) has occasionally made it seem as if these tools came out of nowhere. The reality is that, like other seemingly overnight sensations, artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), and LLMs have a long and varied academic history. In fact, the origins of some of the technologies underpinning recent developments in AI, particularly those that really on deep learning techniques, date back to World War II. Let's take a brief look at some of events and developments in the history of AI that lead to the ongoing AI revolution.