1959 ⟶ Founding of the MIT AI Lab
John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky founded the MIT AI Lab.
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Lisp invented
John McCarthy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology or MIT) invented the Lisp (programming language).⟶
🧠 Teddington Conference on the Mechanization of Thought Processes
Teddington Conference on the Mechanization of Thought Processes was held in the UK and among the papers presented were John McCarthy's "Programs with Common Sense" (which proposed the Advice taker application as a primary research goal) Oliver Selfridge's "Pandemonium", and Marvin Minsky's "Some Methods of Heuristic Programming and Artificial Intelligence".⟶
ConferenceEarly AIJohn McCarthyMarvin MinskyOliver SelfridgeAdvice TakerHeuristic Programming
United Kingdom🏢 Founding of the MIT AI Lab
John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky founded the MIT AI Lab.⟶
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United States💬 ELIZA: Interactive Dialogue Program
Joseph Weizenbaum (MIT) built ELIZA, an Interactive program that carries on a dialogue in English language on any topic. It was a popular toy at AI centers on the ARPANET when a version that "simulated" the dialogue of a psychotherapist was programmed.⟶
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