[HN Gopher] The Evolution of AI in the USA, 1956-1996
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       The Evolution of AI in the USA, 1956-1996
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2021-12-06 18:58 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | ggm wrote:
       | It's worth reflecting on the lighthill report (UK)
        
         | bklaasen wrote:
         | The Lighthill report [1]
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         | BBC "Controversy" programme on the Lighthill report [2]
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         | [1] http://www.chilton-
         | computing.org.uk/inf/literature/reports/l... [2]
         | http://media.aiai.ed.ac.uk/Video/Lighthill1973/
        
       | shmageggy wrote:
       | > _...IBM's Deep Blue, an advanced expert system built
       | specifically to play chess._
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       | Deep Blue was not an expert system, but rather it was a canonical
       | example of GOFAI's heuristic search approach advocated by Simon
       | and Newell. Maybe it is categorized as such because it
       | incorporated a lot of human knowledge in the evaluation function?
       | But then why is Brooks shown in the same category in the figure?
       | His work was a _reaction to_ expert systems, built to show that
       | you can achieve intelligent behavior _without_ knowledge, in a
       | purely reactionary fashion.
        
       | dr_dshiv wrote:
       | Any history of AI that ignores cybernetics is simply wrongheaded.
        
       | mistrial9 wrote:
       | considering substantial modern hardware involved at present, I
       | find this article to be more informative about the past than
       | anything else.. also contains provocative language and personal
       | conclusions mixed with actual events
        
         | rbanffy wrote:
         | Those are very valid points. This is, after all, a limited
         | view, from a time that's very different from our own.
        
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