Arthur Samuel

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American computer scientist (1901-1990)

United States AcademicsLived 1901 to 1990 · aged 88

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Arthur Lee Samuel was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He coined the term machine learning in 1959.

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Awards 3

1990AAAI Fellow

1987Computer Pioneer Award

Fellow of the American Physical Society

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Arthur Lee Samuel was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He coined the term machine learning in 1959. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the world's first successful self-learning programs, and as such a very early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence. He was also a senior member in the TeX community who devoted much time giving personal attention to the needs of users and wrote an early TeX manual in 1983.

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