Woody Bledsoe
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Bledsoe (November 12, 1921 Maysville, Oklahoma, U.S. – October 4, 1995 Austin, Texas, USA) was a mathematician, computer scientist, and prominent educator. He is one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and automated theorem proving. Bledsoe died on October 4, 1995 of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Woody was one of the founders of AI, making early contributions in pattern recognition and automated reasoning. He continued to make significant contributions to AI throughout his long career.
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