Who is the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

who is the "father of artificial intelligence" is tricky

Two important figures are John McCarthy and Alan Turing.

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John McCarthy:

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Created important ideas like symbolic reasoning and the Lisp programming language for early AI research.

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Contributed a lot to computer science, including formal logic and game theory.

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Alan Turing

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Developed the Universal Turing machine, a model that laid the foundation for modern computers.

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During World War II, he decoded the Enigma code, a crucial intelligence achievement.

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Deciding who the "father" is depends on what contributions you focus on. McCarthy shaped the field, and Turing's earlier work laid vital foundations.

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