John McCarthy

Biodata

• Lahir: 4 September 1927, Boston, AS
• Meninggal: 24 Oktober 2011, Stanford, California (usia 84)
• Profesi: Ilmuwan komputer

Kontribusi

• Istilah “Artificial Intelligence” (1955, proposal Dartmouth)
• Konfrensi Dartmouth 1956 — pendiri sekaligus co-organizer
• LISP (1958) — bahasa pemrograman AI dominan
• Advice Taker (1958) — konsep knowledge representation
• Situational Calculus — formalisasi aksi dan perubahan
• Garbage collection — konsep di LISP
• Time-sharing system (1960-an)

Karier

• Dartmouth College (1955–1958)
• MIT (1958–1962)
• Stanford (1962–2000) — founder SAIL (Stanford AI Lab)
• Turing Award (1971)

Kutipan Terkenal

“As soon as it works, no one calls it AI anymore.”