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Coined by American computer scientist and cognitive scientist John McCarthy in 1955, and popularized at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, 1956.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
artificial intelligence
ar·ti·fi·cial in·tel·li·genceToday it means: The branch of computer science dealing with the reproduction or mimicking of human-level intelligence, self-awareness, knowledge, conscience, and thought in computer programs. Full definition →