"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence"
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"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence" is the seminal 1955 research proposal by John McCarthy and colleagues that launched the field of artificial intelligence by defining its goals and organizing the landmark 1956 Dartmouth conference.
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| instanceOf |
foundational artificial intelligence text
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research proposal → scientific document → |
| associatedConference |
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
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| author |
Claude Shannon
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John McCarthy NERFINISHED → Marvin Minsky NERFINISHED → Nathaniel Rochester → |
| circulation |
unpublished proposal circulated among researchers
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| conferenceCity |
Hanover, New Hampshire
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| conferenceLocation |
Dartmouth College
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| conferenceYear |
1956
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| coProposedBy |
Claude Shannon
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Marvin Minsky NERFINISHED → Nathaniel Rochester NERFINISHED → |
| dateWritten |
1955-08-31
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| definesTerm |
artificial intelligence
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| documentType |
grant proposal
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| durationProposed |
8 weeks
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| field |
artificial intelligence
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cognitive science → computer science → |
| fundingRequestedFrom |
Rockefeller Foundation
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| historicalSignificance |
often regarded as the founding document of artificial intelligence as a field
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| influenceOn |
Dartmouth conference on artificial intelligence
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subsequent AI research agendas → symbolic artificial intelligence → |
| institutionalAffiliationOfAuthors |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
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Dartmouth College NERFINISHED → Harvard University NERFINISHED → IBM → |
| language |
English
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| legacy |
recognized as a milestone in the history of AI
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| proposedBy |
John McCarthy
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| proposesEvent |
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
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| proposesResearchMethod |
summer workshop with invited researchers
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| seasonProposed |
summer
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| shortTitle |
Dartmouth AI proposal
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| statesGoal |
to find how to make machines use language
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to form abstractions and concepts → to improve themselves → to solve kinds of problems now reserved for humans → |
| title |
A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
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| topic |
abstraction and concept formation
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automated reasoning → language use by machines → machine learning → neural networks → self-improvement of machines → |
| yearWritten |
1955
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John McCarthy
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A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
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