Computers versus Common Sense
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Uploaded by GoogleTechTalks on Oct 8, 2007
Google TechTalks
May 30, 2006
Douglas Lenat
Dr. Douglas Lenat is the President and CEO of Cycorp. Since 1984, he and his team have been constructing, experimenting with, and applying a broad real world knowledge base and reasoning engine, collectively "Cyc". Dr. Lenat was a professor of computer science at Carnegie-Mellon University and at Stanford University. His interest and experience in national security has led him to regularly consult for several U.S. agencies and the White House.
ABSTRACT
It's way past 2001 now, where the heck is HAL? For several decades now we've had high hopes for computers amplifying our mental abilities not just giving us access to relevant stored information, but...
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with society as it is today computers would beat the shit out of people common sense wise
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@wixch its too long.
Had it too been, say, a 5 minute video, its response would have been a lot better.
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1)Imagine CYC existing 25000-50000 years ago and reflecting the "common sense" of the humans back then. What would it look like? Would it be able to keep up with the development of human knowledge and what is considered now to be "common sense"?
2)When one believes in so many things as CYC does how one would reconcile what to believe/do in critical/unknown situations - stay or go; hold on to idea/belief/behaviour or let go if it.
3)Could some Cyc ontology/KB be built using sensory inputs only?
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"one of the leaders in the field of AI"
LOL
I would say he's one of the misleaders in the field of AI.
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wixch 2 years ago 10