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The 'laws of thought' approach in AI traces back to
AShannon's information theory
BThe work of Charles Babbage
CAristotle's study of syllogisms
DAlan Turing's 1950 paper
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Aristotle's study of syllogisms
Aristotle's syllogisms (e.g., Socrates is a man; all men are mortal; therefore Socrates is mortal) were an early attempt to codify 'right thinking', and they seeded the logicist tradition in AI.
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