Artificial intelligence pioneer John McCarthy in 1966, when he and his students programmed a computer to play chess with a computer in Russia. (Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service)
John McCarthy, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence and a professor emeritus at StanfordUniversity died Monday at age 84, at his home in Palo Alto, California.
McCarthy was a leader in artificial intelligence technology and coined the term in a 1955research report.
He believed that computers could be programmed to simulate aspects of human intelligence.
He also created the Lisp programming language, which paved the way for the voice recognition technology, such as Siri, the personal assistant that make up the new iPhone.
During his career, McCarthy taught at Princeton, MIT, Dartmouth and Stanford. Born in Boston.(R.I.P)
McCarthy was a leader in artificial intelligence technology and coined the term in a 1955research report.
He believed that computers could be programmed to simulate aspects of human intelligence.
He also created the Lisp programming language, which paved the way for the voice recognition technology, such as Siri, the personal assistant that make up the new iPhone.
During his career, McCarthy taught at Princeton, MIT, Dartmouth and Stanford. Born in Boston.(R.I.P)
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