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Apr 2, 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.
John McCarthy named and helped pioneer the field of artificial intelligence. He led the development of the LISP programming language to facilitate research in that field, initiated the development of computer timesharing, which made interactive computing practical for the first time and thus enabled the development of general purpose computer ...
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.
