Tuesday, October 25, 2011

BBC News - Artificial intelligence community mourns John McCarthy

BBC News - Artificial intelligence community mourns John McCarthy - 25 October 2011 -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15444222

This article commemorates this important Artificial Intelligence Pioneer, and also is informative -

"Artificial intelligence researcher, John McCarthy, has died. He was 84.

The American scientist invented the computer language LISP.

It went on to become the programming language of choice for the AI community, and is still used today.

Professor McCarthy is also credited with coining the term "Artificial Intelligence" in 1955 when he detailed plans for the first Dartmouth conference. The brainstorming sessions helped focus early AI research."

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