John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, [1] and …

John McCarthy, American mathematician and computer scientist who was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence (AI); his research involved the formalization of commonsense knowledge.

Oct 25, 2011 · John McCarthy, a professor emeritus of computer science at Stanford, the man who coined the term "artificial intelligence" and subsequently went on to define the field for …

Oct 21, 2025 · John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1927. He received a BS in mathematics from Caltech (1948) and a PhD, also in mathematics, from Princeton University …

Primarily known as the creator of one of the longest-lived computer languages in use—LISP (in 1958), McCarthy was one of the first people, to be interested in AI (since 1948) and coined the …

Oct 24, 2011 · John McCarthy nominally retired at the end of 2000 but remained very active in developing and documenting new ideas. He passed away at age 84 at his Stanford home on …

He founded two of the most important AI laboratories in the world, and in latter years has been active in the movement for an "Electronic Bill of Rights " to govern electronic communications. …