The conversation between human and AI assistant.
[|Human|] Did automobiles exist prior to the invention of the ICE (internal combustion engine)?
[|AI|] The first engines that were capable of enabling human transportation were steam powered engines. While the development of steam powered vehicles capable of enabling human transportation was initiated in 1672, the first actual steam powered automobile was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769.
[|Human|] 
Did automobiles exist prior to the invention of the ICE (internal combustion engine)?