[Ads-l] Fw: Antedating of "Artificial Intelligence"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

> Bill Mullins wrote:
> I sent this to Jesse's SFdictionary.com some time ago, but neglected to send it to the OED or the list here.
>
> https://sfdictionary.com/view/440/artificial-intelligence

Great work Bill and Fred. The 1951 citation is intriguing because
traditionally John McCarthy has received credit for naming the field
of artificial intelligence. The OED has this citation:

1955   J. McCarthy et al. 31 Aug. (title)    A proposal for the
Dartmouth summer research project on artificial intelligence.

I guess McCarthy should still receive credit for naming the field, but
E. Hamilton first applied the term to a fictional robot.

Garson

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