Evidence

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"The term “artificial intelligence” appears in the Dartmouth proposal dated August 31, 1955, for a summer 1956 research project."

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Source title A PROPOSAL FOR THE DARTMOUTH SUMMER RESEARCH PROJECT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Source authors J. McCarthy; M. L. Minsky; N. Rochester; C. E. Shannon

Source year 1955

Confidence high

Importance high

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"McCarthy later said he used “Artificial Intelligence” while trying to obtain money for the Dartmouth summer study and wanted the label to state the long-term goal of human-level intelligence."

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Source title Anthropomorphising Machines and Computerising Minds: The Crosswiring of Languages between Artificial Intelligence and Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Source authors Luciano Floridi; Anna C Nobre

Source year 2024

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"McCarthy later said he was disappointed that “Automata Studies” attracted papers about automata rather than the human-level machine intelligence he wanted to study."

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Can You Feel the AGI?

Source title Anthropomorphising Machines and Computerising Minds: The Crosswiring of Languages between Artificial Intelligence and Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Source authors Luciano Floridi; Anna C Nobre

Source year 2024

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Online paper / PDF

"John McCarthy later recalled that Claude Shannon thought “artificial intelligence” was too flashy, so their earlier effort used the label “Automata Studies.”"

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Can You Feel the AGI?

Source title Anthropomorphising Machines and Computerising Minds: The Crosswiring of Languages between Artificial Intelligence and Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Source authors Luciano Floridi; Anna C Nobre

Source year 2024

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"NASA’s 2025 Alpha Centauri coverage used a clearly labeled artist’s concept alongside processed Webb observational imagery of the candidate source."

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Source title NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin

Source authors NASA Webb Mission Team

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Web Page

"In 2025 NASA reported strong Webb evidence for a possible roughly Saturn-mass gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A."

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Can You Feel the AGI?

Source title NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin

Source authors NASA Webb Mission Team

Source year 2025

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Web Page

"The Martian canal idea had a major influence on science fiction even after the supposed canals were recognized as optical illusions."

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Source title From canals to craters

Source authors European Space Agency

Source year 2019

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Web Page

"Percival Lowell argued that the Martian canals were artificial works and evidence of intelligent inhabitants."

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Source title Percival Lowell’s Search for Life on Mars

Source authors Lowell Observatory

Source year 2024

Confidence high

Importance high

Format Web Page

"Later photography and space-probe observations did not confirm the supposed Martian canal network, which came to be understood as an optical illusion."

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Source title ExoMars lander module named Schiaparelli

Source authors European Space Agency

Source year 2013

Confidence high

Importance mid

Format Web Page

"English translation of Schiaparelli’s canali as “canals” helped spur speculation that intelligent Martians had excavated artificial waterways."

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Can You Feel the AGI?

Source title ExoMars lander module named Schiaparelli

Source authors European Space Agency

Source year 2013

Confidence high

Importance high