Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
· 10w
When people ask me what the phrase "artificial intelligence" means, my short answer is, it means "venture capitalists, give me some money".
But OUP asked me for a longer answer, given here and summar...
@nprofile1q... The term "artificial intelligence" has actually been invented in order to be able to ask for funding in the first place. At least this is, what seems to me, what John McCarthy suggests in the Lighthill Debate from 1973. See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyU9pm1hmYs - McCarthy makes the relevant statements starting at 2 mins 38 secs.