#cyc on Hacker News

2 stories tagged cyc, newest first.

Screenshot of yuxi-liu-wired.github.io: Obituary for Cyc

Obituary for Cyc (yuxi-liu-wired.github.io)

419 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 224 comments

An essay by Yuxi Liu serving as an obituary for Cyc, arguing the 40-year symbolic AI project failed to reach general intelligence despite decades of effort and funding.

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Screenshot of garymarcus.substack.com: Doug Lenat has died

Doug Lenat has died (garymarcus.substack.com)

517 points by snewman 3 years ago | 144 comments

Gary Marcus's Substack obituary for AI researcher Doug Lenat (1950-2023), creator of the Cyc project, describing him as a giant of AI.

doug-lenat cyc symbolic-ai obituary

#cyc on Hacker News

Obituary for Cyc(yuxi-liu-wired.github.io)

Doug Lenat has died(garymarcus.substack.com)

Obituary for Cyc (yuxi-liu-wired.github.io)

Doug Lenat has died (garymarcus.substack.com)