McCarthy Admitted AI Term Was Invented to Avoid Cybernetics
3scorciav · x · 2026-08-18
John McCarthy once bluntly explained that one reason for coining the term "Artificial Intelligence" was to escape association with cybernetics. He wished to avoid having to accept Norbert Wiener as a guru or having to argue with him.
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