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Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science

Published: 24 May 2023 Publication History

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How artificial intelligence and computer science grew up together.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 66, Issue 6
June 2023
109 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/3599937
  • Editor:
  • James Larus
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Published: 24 May 2023
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