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  1. John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence. [1]

  2. Oct 20, 2024 · John McCarthy (born September 4, 1927, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 24, 2011, Stanford, California) was an American mathematician and computer scientist who was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence (AI); his main research in the field involved the formalization of commonsense knowledge.

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  3. Oct 25, 2011 · John McCarthy, a professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford, the man who coined the term "artificial intelligence" and subsequently went on to define the field for more than five decades, died suddenly at his home in Stanford in the early morning Monday, Oct. 24. He was 84.

  4. John was a legendary computer scientist at Stanford University who developed time-sharing, invented LISP, and founded the field of Artificial Intelligence. In March 2011 John launched Project JMC with the objective to make his work more approachable and accessible.

  5. John McCarthy (1927-2011) was a giant in the field of artificial intelligence. Credited with coining the term “artificial intelligence,” he subsequently went on to define the discipline for more than five decades from his professorship at Stanford.

  6. computerhistory.org › profile › john-mccarthyJohn McCarthy - CHM

    Oct 16, 2024 · McCarthy was a pioneer in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), computer science, and interactive computing systems. McCarthy coined the term “AI” in 1955 in connection with a proposed summer workshop at Dartmouth College, which many of the world's leading thinkers in computing attended.

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  8. John McCarthy. 1927-American Computer Scientist. The father of research in artificial intelligence (AI)—a term he coined—John McCarthy wrote the principal computer language for AI research, List Processing Language (LISP).