Extinguished philosophies lie about the cradle of every science as the strangled snakes beside that of Hercules. - adapted from T. H. Huxley

WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?

John McCarthy

Computer Science Department

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Stanford University

Revised November 12, 2007:

Abstract:

This article for the layman answers basic questions about artificial intelligence. The opinions expressed here are not all consensus opinion among researchers in AI.