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by YeGoblynQueenne
2760 days ago
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>> Symbolic AI fell out of favor primarily because it was not delivering results in impactful problem areas. My understanding is instead that symbolic AI was working pretty damn well for its time. Expert systems routinely outperformed experts, for sure. The AI winter that killed them was brought on by political decisions taken by people who didn't really understand the field. Here's a good read on that historical period: Avoiding another AI winter, editorial in IEEE Intelligent Systems. https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/ex/2008/02/mex2008020002.... Btw, "Intelligent Systems" is such a funny little expression. Basically, it was used by AI researchers during the 80's AI winter to be able to get funding for their work; because they wouldn't get any if they called it what it was, AI. |
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