John McCarthy dead at 84

Started by shuma-gorath October 25, 2011 03:02 AM

4 comments, last by ApochPiQ 13 years, 3 months ago

Author

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October 25, 2011 03:02 AM

Cause: Not listed (assuming age)
When: Oct 23rd
Proof: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3
Achievements: Invented LISP and garbage collection
Trivia: Foresaw cloud service models of today, more or less; wife was a programmer
Footage: Computer Chronicles episode on AI at 16:39

Ritchie, now this? Don't even wanna imagine who's next

EDIT: Oh, yeah, and that other guy, too. Drat!

alnite

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October 25, 2011 03:15 AM

RIP John McCarthy. Him along with Marvin Minsky were great contributors to the AI field.

DarklyDreaming

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October 25, 2011 08:05 AM

Uh-oh. Mayans were right! Impeding world doom incomin'!

"I will personally burn everything I've made to the fucking ground if I think I can catch them in the flames."
~ Gabe
"I don't mean to rush you but you are keeping two civilizations waiting!"
~ Cavil, BSG.
"If it's really important to you that other people follow your True Brace Style, it just indicates you're inexperienced. Go find something productive to do."
[size=2]~ Bregma

"Well, you're not alone.

There's a club for people like that. It's called Everybody and we meet at the bar[size=2]."

[size=2]~ [size=1]Antheus

Krohm

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October 25, 2011 08:44 AM

[color=#1C2837][size=2]I'm a total noob in AI, I had some minor experience with LISP in the past (kinda elegant, in its own way).[color=#1C2837][size=2]RIP John McCarthy. Thank you very much.

Previously "Krohm"