And well before the 1970s. See Margret Boden 2 Volume history for an intro. - ThreadSky

And well before the 1970s. See Margret Boden 2
Volume history for an intro.

The term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) means many things to many people (see Table 1). (...) One meaning of ‘AI’ that seems often forgotten these days is one that played a crucial role in the birth of cognitive science as an interdiscipline in the 1970s and ’80s." 2/n