#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(07:39) – What is Cyc?<br />
(15:45) – How to form a knowledge base of the universe<br />
(26:11) – How to train an AI knowledge base<br />
(30:32) – Global consistency versus local consistency<br />
(54:53) – Automated reasoning<br />
(1:00:33) – Direct uses of AI and machine learning<br />
(1:13:11) – The semantic web<br />
(1:23:44) – Tools to help Cyc interpret data<br />
(1:32:54) – The most beautiful idea about Cyc<br />
(1:38:53) – Love and consciousness in AI<br />
(1:45:52) – The greatness of Marvin Minsky<br />
(1:50:46) – Is Cyc just a beautiful dream?<br />
(1:55:31) – What is OpenCyc and how was it born?<br />
(2:01:21) – The open source community and OpenCyc<br />
(2:11:48) – The inference problem<br />
(2:13:31) – Cyc’s programming language<br />
(2:21:05) – Ontological engineering<br />
(2:28:30) – Do machines think?<br />
(2:37:15) – Death and consciousness<br />
(2:47:16) – What would you say to AI?<br />
(2:51:52) – Advice to young people<br />
(2:53:48) – Mortality</p>