Claude Shannon

1 milestone · 1956

Claude Shannon is featured for contributions to AI through The Dartmouth Conference in 1956 during The Birth of AI.

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Chronology

John McCarthy, organizer of the Dartmouth Conference
Research

The Dartmouth Conference

A two-month workshop at Dartmouth College where the term 'Artificial Intelligence' was officially coined. The proposal stated: 'Every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it.' This gathering brought together the founders of the field.

John McCarthyMarvin MinskyDartmouth CollegeMIT

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