Who is credited with coining the term “artificial intelligence” in connection…
2024
Who is credited with coining the term “artificial intelligence” in connection with the Dartmouth workshop held in 1956?
Answer: A. John McCarthy — ConceptCoinage is attributed to the person who first introduced or formally used a term in a field’s foundational literature. When a later conference…
- A.
John McCarthy
- B.
John McLuhan
- C.
Rheingold
- D.
Curran, J
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Correct answer: A
Concept
Coinage is attributed to the person who first introduced or formally used a term in a field’s foundational literature.
When a later conference popularizes that term, the proposal date and the meeting date should be distinguished.
Application
The phrase “artificial intelligence” appears in the 1955 proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project held in 1956. John McCarthy led that proposal and is credited by Stanford and Dartmouth with coining the name.
Contrast
John McLuhan is not the established attribution in the Dartmouth record; the McLuhan surname is primarily associated with media theory.
Rheingold is associated with writing on virtual communities and digital culture, not with naming the AI field.
J. Curran is associated with media and communication studies, not with the coinage of the AI term.
Cross-check
The original proposal lists J. McCarthy as its first author, and institutional histories from Stanford and Dartmouth credit John McCarthy with naming the field.
Therefore, the answer is John McCarthy.