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John McCarthy

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John McCarthy (English: John McCarthy, September 4, 1927 - October 24, 2011) was a computer scientist born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He won the Turing Award in 1971 for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence. In fact, it was he who proposed the concept of "artificial intelligence" at the Dartmouth Conference in 1956.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
United States
Born
1927-09-04
Died
2011-10-24
Wikidata
Q92739
Occupations mathematiciancomputer scientistengineeruniversity teacherartificial intelligence researcher
Aliases John McCarthyJohn McCarthyJohn McKinsey

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