Comments on: AI: expert systems and Cyc http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2005/06/03/ai-expert-systems-and-cyc/ A weblog for people who otherwise wouldn't. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mufteynah http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2005/06/03/ai-expert-systems-and-cyc/comment-page-1/#comment-113592 mufteynah Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:55:42 +0000 /?p=476#comment-113592 a very interesting bit. is there really a future in Artificial Intelligence given that it took ten years after its conception to actually be considered as a valuable field, how long will it take before all the human complexities can be covered. is anything that helps solve a problem an expert system. i like AI very much but sometimes i have a very hard time understanding its complexities. is a hierarchical website that links different pages containing different solutions to a problem an expert system. i want to create an expert system how do i go about it. a very interesting bit. is there really a future in Artificial Intelligence given that it took ten years after its conception to actually be considered as a valuable field, how long will it take before all the human complexities can be covered. is anything that helps solve a problem an expert system. i like AI very much but sometimes i have a very hard time understanding its complexities. is a hierarchical website that links different pages containing different solutions to a problem an expert system. i want to create an expert system how do i go about it.

]]> By: Tim Tucker http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2005/06/03/ai-expert-systems-and-cyc/comment-page-1/#comment-4516 Tim Tucker Sat, 04 Jun 2005 18:28:20 +0000 /?p=476#comment-4516 Found this an interesting read given my yard sale find yesterday: for a mere $0.25 I picked up a copy of "Understanding Artificial Intelligence" by Paul Y. Gloess. Definitely an amusing read, given that it's more in pamphlet than book form and was written back in 1981. A few excerpts: "Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a process by which mechanical devices are able to perform tasks which, when performed by humans, require some thought." "Mathematicians and logicians have for thousands of years exertd their intelligence proving theorems. People tend to forget that much of the technology they are using is based on mathematicians' findings, and often regard their activities as useless." "Sentences can be fed into a computer, provided the words are clearly separated with silences. ... (Continuous speech recognition is a much harder problem which is very far from being solved)." It's really hard to figure out who the intended audience of this thing is -- the short length and simplisic writing style seem geared towards novices, but then again there are sections covering predicate calculus and branching algorithms for tic-tac-toe and chess. Found this an interesting read given my yard sale find yesterday: for a mere $0.25 I picked up a copy of “Understanding Artificial Intelligence” by Paul Y. Gloess. Definitely an amusing read, given that it’s more in pamphlet than book form and was written back in 1981.

A few excerpts:
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a process by which mechanical devices are able to perform tasks which, when performed by humans, require some thought.”

“Mathematicians and logicians have for thousands of years exertd their intelligence proving theorems. People tend to forget that much of the technology they are using is based on mathematicians’ findings, and often regard their activities as useless.”

“Sentences can be fed into a computer, provided the words are clearly separated with silences. … (Continuous speech recognition is a much harder problem which is very far from being solved).”

It’s really hard to figure out who the intended audience of this thing is — the short length and simplisic writing style seem geared towards novices, but then again there are sections covering predicate calculus and branching algorithms for tic-tac-toe and chess.

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