Jack of Harts

What most people don’t realize is that Earth built their first artificial intelligences during the late 20^th century.  They were idiots compared to modern AIs, but in controlled situations they could interact with people.  Some could beat grand masters in chess, and some won on Jeopardy.  In general though, they were no where near as capable as modern AIs.  It takes a lot of code to design a program that can operate in the wild.  Some very few excelled at it though.