Pamela Ann McCorduck (1940 – 2021) was a British-born American author of books about the history and philosophical significance of artificial intelligence, the future of engineering, and the role of women and technology.
She started her career supporting professor Edward Feigenbaum, who would later go on to be known as the father of expert systems. She taught at different universities and published as author or co-author several novels and books related to artificial intelligence. Some selected works are :
- Machines who think (1979)
- The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan’s Computer Challenge to the World (1983)
- The Universal Machine: Confessions of a Technological Optimist (1986)
- AARON’s Code : Meta-art, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of Harold Cohen (1997)
- This Could Be Important: My Life and Times with the Artificial Intelligentsia (2019)
