1980s

Rodney Brooks

Rodney Allen Brooks, born in Adelaide, Australia, in 1954, is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in the…

1950s

Seymour Papert

Seymour Papert, born on February 29, 1928, in Pretoria, South Africa, was a visionary in the fields of artificial intelligence,…

1930s & 1940s

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most transformative technologies of the 21st century, impacting a wide range…

1930s & 1940s

Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) was a British philosopher and mathematician whose work spanned numerous disciplines, including logic, metaphysics, and science.…

1950s

John Clifford Shaw

John Clifford Shaw was a pioneering computer scientist whose work significantly shaped the early development of artificial intelligence (AI) and…

1950s

Herbert A. Simon

Herbert Alexander Simon was born on June 15, 1916, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A brilliant polymath, Simon’s intellectual curiosity spanned various…

1950s

Allen Newell

Allen Newell was a pioneering figure in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive science, and psychology. Born on March…

1930s & 1940s

Norbert Wiener

Norbert Wiener, born on November 26, 1894, in Columbia, Missouri, was a prodigious child who would later become one of…

1950s

Marvin Minsky

Marvin Minsky, born on August 9, 1927, in New York City, was a towering figure in the field of artificial…

1950s

Nathaniel Rochester

Nathaniel Rochester, born on January 14, 1919, in the United States, was a visionary computer scientist and electrical engineer whose…