Statements (35)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
computer scientist
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gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Stanford_University
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gptkbp:awards |
Turing Award
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gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:born |
September 4, 1927
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gptkbp:children |
3
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gptkbp:contribution |
creating the concept of garbage collection
developing time-sharing systems founding_the_field_of_AI |
gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:Palo_Alto,_California
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gptkbp:died |
October 24, 2011
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gptkbp:education |
gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
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gptkbp:famousQuote |
"The most important thing is to be able to think for yourself."
"Artificial intelligence is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines." "The future of AI is not about machines that think like humans, but about machines that think better than humans." "I think that the most important thing is to be able to think for yourself." "I believe that the best way to predict the future is to invent it." |
gptkbp:field |
computer science
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
John W. C. McCarthy
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gptkbp:influenced |
AI research
LISP community |
gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkb:Alan_Turing |
gptkbp:knownFor |
Artificial Intelligence
LISP programming language |
gptkbp:nationality |
American
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gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Peter_Norvig
gptkb:Marvin_Minsky gptkb:John_McCarthy_Jr. |
gptkbp:researchAreas |
machine learning
knowledge representation natural language processing robotics automated reasoning |
gptkbp:spouse |
Ruth_McCarthy
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