Question

The computer scientist, who is known as the founding father of 'Artificial Intelligence' 

1. John McCarthy
2. Charles Babbage
3. Lee De Forest
4. J.P. Eckert

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : John McCarthy

The correct answer is John McCarthy.

• The Father of Artificial Intelligence is John McCarthy.
• John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.
• McCarthy was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence.
• He co-authored the document that coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI), developed the Lisp programming language family, significantly influenced the design of the ALGOL programming language, popularized time-sharing, invented garbage collection, and was very influential in the early development of AI.

 

• Father of Computer - Charles Babbage
• Father of Radio - Lee De Forest
• Inventor of Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer - J.P. Eckert