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John McCarthy



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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 common-sense knowledge.

McCarthy received (1951) a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University, where he briefly taught. He also held professorships at Dartmouth College (1955–58), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1958–62), and Stanford University (1953–55 and 1962–2000).

McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence in 19 ...more

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LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual
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