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    Classic AI: search, logic & planning· report· 1955

    A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence

    McCarthy (first author) · 1955

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    DOI 10.1609/aimag.v27i4.1904

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    Why it matters

    Named artificial intelligence and articulated the founding research agenda.

    Condensed from the expert lists' notes.

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    First released
    1955 (from oracle lists)
    Citations
    2,054 citations, as counted by Semantic Scholar logoSemantic Scholar (non-commercial licence)
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    A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, August 31, 1955 (editor)

    Editor's notes

    • Merged “A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, August 31, 1955” into this entry: The same 1955 proposal under two titles. (AI draft (Claude), not yet reviewed, 2026-10-29)
    • Classed as report: A workshop funding proposal, not a paper reporting research; kept as a landmark document on the Other works shelf. (AI draft (Claude), not yet reviewed, 2026-10-29)

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