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 you would like to get more information about this
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