Pamela McCorduck: Machines Who Think and the Early Days of AI

Pamela McCorduck is an author who has written on the
history and philosophical significance of artificial
intelligence, the future of engineering, and the role of women
and technology. Her books include Machines Who Think in 1979, The
Fifth Generation in 1983 with Ed Feigenbaum who is considered to
be the father of expert systems, the Edge of Chaos, The Futures
of Women, and more. Through her literary work, she has spent a
lot of time with the seminal figures of artificial intelligence,
includes the founding fathers of AI from the 1956 Dartmouth
summer workshop where the field was launched. This conversation
is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If
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