[This] is or should be our main scientific activity - studying the structure of information and the structure of problem solving processes independently of applications and independently of its realization in animals or humans. (John McCarthy (computer scientist))

[This] is or should be our main scientific activity - studying the structure of information and the structure of problem solving processes independently of applications and independently of its realization in animals or humans.

John McCarthy (computer scientist)

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