Curated category
American artificial intelligence researchers
- Paul WerbosPaul John Werbos was born on the 4th of September 1947 in the United States. He began his academic journey as a social scientist rather than an engineer or…
- John SchulmanJohn Schulman sat in front of a television screen during the 2005 school year. The program BattleBots played on the screen featured remote-controlled robots…
- Eliezer YudkowskyEliezer Yudkowsky was born on the 11th of September 1979 in New Jersey. He never attended high school or college despite his deep engagement with complex…
- Marvin MinskyMarvin Lee Minsky was born on the 9th of August 1927 in New York City. His father Henry worked as an eye surgeon while his mother Fannie served as a Zionist…
- Arthur Samuel (computer scientist)Arthur Lee Samuel entered the world on the 5th of December 1901 in Emporia, Kansas. He walked away from the College of Emporia with a degree in 1923.
- Terry WinogradTerry Allen Winograd was born on the 24th of February 1946. He grew up in the state of Colorado before attending college there.
- Andrew NgAndrew Ng was born in London on the 18th of April 1976. His parents were immigrants from Hong Kong who worked as a hematologist and an arts administrator.
- Ray KurzweilRaymond Kurzweil grew up in Queens, New York City. He attended Kingsbury Elementary School PS188 during his childhood years.
- Ray SolomonoffRay Solomonoff was born on the 25th of July 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up as the son of Jewish Russian immigrants named Phillip Julius and Sarah…
- John McCarthy (computer scientist)John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 4th of September 1927. His father came from Cromane, a small fishing village in County Kerry, Ireland.
- Frank RosenblattFrank Rosenblatt was born on the 11th of July 1928 in New Rochelle, New York. He grew up as the son of Dr. Frank and Katherine Rosenblatt within a Jewish…