Marvin Minsky of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computation Center was one of the founders of the emerging field of artificial intelligence. (Vannevar Bush’s work in computing machines and Norbert Weiner’s in cybernetics had established MIT as a hub of research in the area.) While the term “artificial intelligence” was coined by John McCarthy while at…
It’s hard to imagine how we’d interact with computers today without the work of engineer and inventor Douglas Engelbart, who pioneered many aspects of computer science and also invented the computer mouse. The breadth and depth of his work led him to believe that humanity’s digital era could be the most significant in its history.
