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John McCarthy
AuthorBooks · Second hand1927-2011
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and part of just a small group of artificial intelligence researchers in the 1950s and 1960s. He co-authored the proposal for the Dartmouth workshop which coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI), led the development of the symbolic programming language family Lisp and had a large influence in the language ALGOL, popularized time-sharing, and created garbage collection.
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1927
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2011
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John McCarthy was born in Boston and became a key figure in the development of artificial intelligence.
His brilliant career spanned roles as a mathematician, theoretical computer scientist, and engineer.
Beyond his research, he shared his expertise as a university professor.
He is the author of a prolific body of work totaling 142 titles on technology, history, and self-help.
His optimistic outlook on the future is captured in his work What Are You Optimistic About?