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John McCarthy is recognized as one of the fathers of AI (artificial
intelligence). He developed the programming language LISP (list processing),
which is used specifically for AI applications, in 1958 at MIT (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology). McCarthy believed that computers could reason
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John McCarthy (computer scientist)
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John McCarthy at a summit in 2006
September 4, 1927 ( 1927-09-04 ) (age 82)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Turing Award, 1971; Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science, 2003
John McCarthy (born September
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Describes some of his latest work on how modal calculi describe several possible worlds at once, instead of just one; photo, examples.
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John McArthy, creater of Lisp, in an extension of his book on philosophical problems in AI, touched on modal logic
The idea is that modal calculi describe several possible
worlds at once, instead of just one. Statements are not assigned a
single truth-value, but rather a spectum of truth-values,
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Home page of pioneer in mathematical theory of computation, artificial intelligence, programming languages: invented Lisp, arguably the oldest language in active use today, and maybe the oldest high-level language overall, along with Fortran. (Stanford Univ., USA)
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John McCarthy's Home Page
I'm Professor Emeritus (as of 2001 Jan 1) of Computer Science at
[courtesy of Tim McCarthy].
It occurs to me that those who have already looked at this web page
might not want to slog through all of it on the chance that something
newly installed might interest them.
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