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A Model for Materials Databases
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A New Eval Function
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A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
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A computer with hands, eyes, and ears
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A grounding framework
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A micro-manual for LISP-not the whole truth
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A proof-checker for predicate calculus
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A tough nut for proof procedures
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AI and Philosophy: How Can You Know the Dancer from the Dance?
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AI's greatest trends and controversies
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Actions and other events in situation calculus
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Addendum: Circumscription and other non-monotonic formalisms
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An architecture of diversity for commonsense reasoning
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An example for natural language understanding and the AI problems it raises
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Applications of circumscription to formalizing common-sense knowledge
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Approximate objects and approximate theories
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Artificial Intelligence - Thinking Allowed
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Artificial Intelligence Needs More Emphasis on Basic Research: President's Quarterly Message
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Ascribing mental qualities to machines
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Automata studies
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Awareness and Understanding in Computer Programs
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CHALLENGES TO MACHINE LEARNING: Relations between reality and appearance
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CODE OF ETHICS RECONSIDERED
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CRITERIA FOR USEFULNESS OF COMPUTERS IN OFFICES
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Chess as the drosophila of AI
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Circumscription—a form of non-monotonic reasoning
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Coloring maps and the Kowalski doctrine
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Combination and Interoperation of Logical Systems Research in Formal Interoperability
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Combining narratives
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Combining planning contexts
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Commentary on McDermott
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Comments on time sharing
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Computer Chronicles - Artificial Intelligence
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Computer Controlled Cars
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Computer power and human reason: from judgment to calculation
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Correctness of a compiler for arithmetic expressions
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Creative solutions to problems
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Defending Al Research: A Collection of Essays and Reviews (Lecture Notes Series)
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Definition of new data types in ALGOL x
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Dialnet
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Did Something Go Wrong?
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ENRAC Debates
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Elaboration tolerance
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Epistemological problems of artificial intelligence
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Extending mechanics to minds: The mechanical foundations of psychology and economics
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Final report: Basic Research in Artificial Intelligence and Foundations of Programming
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First order theories of individual concepts and propositions
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Formalization of STRIPS in situation calculus
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Formalization of two puzzles involving knowledge
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Formalizing context (expanded notes)
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Free will-even for robots
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From here to human-level AI
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Generality in artificial intelligence
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Guy Steele Interviews John McCarthy, Father of Lisp
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HUMAN-LEVEL AI: THE LOGICAL ROAD
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Historical remarks on nonmonotonic reasoning, especially circumscription
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History of LISP
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History of circumscription
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Hubert Dreyfus, What computers still can't do
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In Honor of Marvin Minsky's Contributions on his 80th Birthday
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In Memoriam: Arthur Samuel: Pioneer in Machine Learning
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It’s Past Time for Practical Computer Checked Proofs of Program Correctness
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JMC2009-Awards. John McCarthy remarks
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John McCarthy, on Philosophy of AI (Mini Symposium Philosophy of Information)
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LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual
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LISP Programmers Manual, Handwritten Draft
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LISP-notes on its past and future
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Lessons from the Lighthill Flap
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Lisp, Ruby and the Computer Industry
VideoInterview
Lisp: a programming system for symbolic manipulations
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Making robots conscious of their mental states
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Mental situation calculus
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Method of collecting crude oil and crude oil collection header apparatus
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Minimal Inference: A Way of Jumping to Conclusions
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Modality for Robots-Responses to Halpern and Wansing
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Modality, si! Modal logic, no!
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Notes on formalizing context
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Notes on self-awareness
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On Efficient Ways of Evaluating Certain Recursive Functions
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On the Model Theory of Knowledge
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Open Mechanized Reasoning Systems
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Open architectures for formal reasoning and deductive technologies for software development
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Overcoming Unexpected Obstacles
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Parallel Lisp: Languages and Systems: US/Japan Workshop on Parallel Lisp, Sendai, Japan, June 5-8, 1989, Proceedings
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Parameterizing models of propositional calculus formulas
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Partial formalizations and the lemmings game
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Phenomenal data mining
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Philosophical and scientific presuppositions of logical AI
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Problems and Projections in CS for the Next 49 Years
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Problems in the theory of computation
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Programs with common sense
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Properties of programs and partial function logic
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Qlisp
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Queue-based Multi-processing Lisp
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RISKS-FORUM digest contributions
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Recursive functions of symbolic expressions and their computation by machine, Part I
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Recursive programs as functions in a first order theory
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Reminiscences on the history of time sharing
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Representation of recursive programs in first order logic
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Review of The Emperor’s New Mind by Roger Penrose
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Review: Roger Penrose, The emperor's new mind
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Revised report on the algorithmic language ALGOL 60
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Simple deterministic free will
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Situation calculus with concurrent events and narrative
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Situations, actions, and causal laws
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Some expert systems need common sense
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Some philosophical problems from the standpoint of artificial intelligence
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Stanford Computer Science Video Journal: Artificial Intelligence Research Lectures
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THE LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Technology As Experience
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The Origins and Nature of Computation/Formalizing Commomn Sense Knowledge in Mathematical Logic
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The Tower of Stanford: 10956
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The Wang algorithm for the propositional calculus programmed in LISP
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The Web-Early Visions, Present Reality, the Grander Future
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The automated biological laboratory
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A chapter in the book Biology and the Exploration of Mars.
The common business communication language
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The frame problem today
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The inversion of functions defined by Turing machines
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The linking segment subprogram language and linking loader
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The mutilated checkerboard in set theory
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The robot and the baby
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The well-designed child
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This 1963 paper was includedin Computer Programming and Formal Sys-tems, edited by P. Braort and D. Hirshberg and published by North-Holland. An earlier version was published in 1961 in the Proceedings of the WesternThis 1963 paper was includedin Computer Programming and Formal Sys-tems, edited by P. Braort and D. Hirshberg and published by North-Holland. An earlier version was published in 1961 in the Proceedings of the Western
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Three Reviews of J. Weizenbaum's Computer Power and Human Reason.
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Time-shared program testing
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Time-sharing computer systems
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Todd Moodys zombies
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Useful counterfactuals
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Varieties of contexts
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We Need Better Standards for Artificial Intelligence Research: President's Message
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We need better standards for AI research
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What has AI in Common with Philosophy?
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XVI. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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John McCarthy

From OO to Clojure Workshop!

A Model for Materials Databases

A New Eval Function

A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence

A computer with hands, eyes, and ears

A grounding framework

A micro-manual for LISP-not the whole truth

A proof-checker for predicate calculus

A tough nut for proof procedures

AI and Philosophy: How Can You Know the Dancer from the Dance?

AI's greatest trends and controversies

Actions and other events in situation calculus

Addendum: Circumscription and other non-monotonic formalisms

An architecture of diversity for commonsense reasoning

An example for natural language understanding and the AI problems it raises

Applications of circumscription to formalizing common-sense knowledge

Approximate objects and approximate theories

Artificial Intelligence - Thinking Allowed

Artificial Intelligence Needs More Emphasis on Basic Research: President's Quarterly Message

Ascribing mental qualities to machines

Automata studies

Awareness and Understanding in Computer Programs

CHALLENGES TO MACHINE LEARNING: Relations between reality and appearance

CODE OF ETHICS RECONSIDERED

CRITERIA FOR USEFULNESS OF COMPUTERS IN OFFICES

Chess as the drosophila of AI

Circumscription—a form of non-monotonic reasoning

Coloring maps and the Kowalski doctrine

Combination and Interoperation of Logical Systems Research in Formal Interoperability

Combining narratives

Combining planning contexts

Commentary on McDermott

Comments on time sharing

Computer Chronicles - Artificial Intelligence

Computer Controlled Cars

Computer power and human reason: from judgment to calculation

Correctness of a compiler for arithmetic expressions

Creative solutions to problems

Defending Al Research: A Collection of Essays and Reviews (Lecture Notes Series)

Definition of new data types in ALGOL x

Dialnet

Did Something Go Wrong?

ENRAC Debates

Elaboration tolerance

Epistemological problems of artificial intelligence

Extending mechanics to minds: The mechanical foundations of psychology and economics

Final report: Basic Research in Artificial Intelligence and Foundations of Programming

First order theories of individual concepts and propositions

Formalization of STRIPS in situation calculus

Formalization of two puzzles involving knowledge

Formalizing context (expanded notes)

Free will-even for robots

From here to human-level AI

Generality in artificial intelligence

Guy Steele Interviews John McCarthy, Father of Lisp

HUMAN-LEVEL AI: THE LOGICAL ROAD

Historical remarks on nonmonotonic reasoning, especially circumscription

History of LISP

History of circumscription

Hubert Dreyfus, What computers still can't do

In Honor of Marvin Minsky's Contributions on his 80th Birthday

In Memoriam: Arthur Samuel: Pioneer in Machine Learning

It’s Past Time for Practical Computer Checked Proofs of Program Correctness

JMC2009-Awards. John McCarthy remarks

John McCarthy, on Philosophy of AI (Mini Symposium Philosophy of Information)

LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual

LISP Programmers Manual, Handwritten Draft

LISP-notes on its past and future

Lessons from the Lighthill Flap

Lisp, Ruby and the Computer Industry

Lisp: a programming system for symbolic manipulations

Making robots conscious of their mental states

Mental situation calculus

Method of collecting crude oil and crude oil collection header apparatus

Minimal Inference: A Way of Jumping to Conclusions

Modality for Robots-Responses to Halpern and Wansing

Modality, si! Modal logic, no!

Notes on formalizing context

Notes on self-awareness