Dartmouth workshop

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Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
Date1956 (1956)
DurationEight weeks
VenueDartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Organised byJohn McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, and Claude Shannon
ParticipantsJohn McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, Claude Shannon, and others

The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence was a 1956 summer workshop widely considered[1][2][3] to be the founding event of artificial intelligence as a field.[4] The workshop has been referred to as the "Constitutional Convention of AI".[5] The project's four organizers, those being Claude Shannon, John McCarthy, Nathaniel Rochester and Marvin Minsky, are considered some of the founding fathers of AI.[6][7]

The project lasted approximately six to eight weeks and was essentially an extended brainstorming session. Eleven mathematicians and scientists originally planned to attend; not all of them attended, but more than ten others came for short times.

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  7. ^ Nayak, Bhabani Shankar; Walton, Nigel (2024). Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence: Critical Reflections on Big Data Market, Economic Development and Data Society. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. p. 3. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-62308-0. ISBN 978-3-031-62307-3.