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Interviewed by Nils J. Nilsson on 2007-09-12 in Mountain View CA, X4205.2008
© Computer History Museum

Computer science legend John McCarthy speaks with Stanford University AI researcher and professor of computer science, Nil Nilsson. McCarthy discusses his early academic training and influences at Caltech and Princeton University. He then describes his early work at MIT and Dartmouth College in which he helped organize the highly influential Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, the seminal first conference in the field. McCarthy then discusses his work at Stanford University and briefly summarizes some of the mathematical underpinnings of the logical models he uses in explaining and understanding computer systems.

* Note: Transcripts represent what was said in the interview. However, to enhance meaning or add clarification, interviewees have the opportunity to modify this text afterward. This may result in discrepancies between the transcript and the video. Please refer to the transcript for further information - http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102658149

Visit computerhistory.org/collections/oralhistories/ for more information about the Computer History Museum's Oral History Collection.

Lot number: X4205.2008
Catalog number: 102658125

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Oral History of John McCarthy (2007) [video]

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Mar 11, 2021 · 33 points, 2 comments · submitted by thanato0s

⬐ Nuzzerino
Noticed him in the audience a couple of times around 2006 at AI talks. He was really skeptical of the idea of the singularity or self-improving AGI and at the smaller talk he asked really tough questions of the speaker (Eliezer Yudkowsky). I was a community college student at the time and remember wondering how cool it would be to go to a school where one could have someone like that as a professor!

⬐ yottalove
I knew Professor McCarthy at SAIL back in the day when the Colossal Cave Adventure was making the rounds in the mid-70's. Besides the technical acuity you would expect from the Director, he was genuinely interested and looking for fresh insights in students' first encounter with a less-constrained text puzzle.

Oral History of John McCarthy

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Feb 23, 2018 · 1 points, 2 comments · submitted by tosh

⬐ tosh
Fascinating that this video has < 1k views on Youtube

⬐ eesmith
Text at http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/201... .

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