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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.
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John McCarthy (born September 4, 1927, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 24, 2011, Stanford, California) 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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Oct 25, 2011 · John McCarthy, a professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford and the man who coined the term "artificial intelligence" and defined the field for more than five decades, passed away at his home on Oct. 24, 2011. He was known for his contributions to programming languages, time-sharing, chess matches, and interstellar travel. He received many awards and honors, including the Turing Award, the Kyoto Prize, and the National Medal of Science.
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.
Oct 24, 2011 · Welcome to John McCarthy's (Sept 4, 1927 - Oct 24, 2011) new website. John was a legendary computer scientist at Stanford University who developed time-sharing, invented LISP, and founded the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Feb 5, 2024 · John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1927. He received a BS in mathematics from Caltech (1948) and a PhD, also in mathematics, from Princeton University (1951). McCarthy was a pioneer in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), computer science, and interactive computing systems.
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 ...
