[Ads-l] Antedating of "Artificial Intelligence" (Slight Correction)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Slight correction:  In the antedating below, the word should be spelled "judgment" rather than "judgement."

Fred Shapiro

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From: Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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Subject: Antedating of "Artificial Intelligence"

artificial intelligence (OED 1955)

1947 Paper Industry and Paper World Jan. 1452/1 (Google Books)

This research into artificial intelligence has resulted in a machine known as "Ace" capable of solving mathematical problems in a matter of seconds which the most acute human intelligence must labor on for weeks.  "Ace" possesses memory, and judgement, and choice.

Fred Shapiro

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