Cybernetics, Automata Studies, and the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Ronald R. Kline · IEEE Annals of the History of Computing · 2010
The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, held at Datrmouth College in 1956, is regarded as the official "birthplace" of Al. This article draws on unpublished archives to shed new light on the origins of the conference and the complex relationships between cybernetics, automata studies, and Al in the 1950s.