#221 Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI

Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 4:35 p.m.

b"Douglas Lenat is the founder of Cyc, a 37 year project aiming to solve common-sense knowledge and reasoning in AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\\nOUTLINE:
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\\n(00:00) - Introduction
\\n(07:39) - What is Cyc?
\\n(15:45) - How to form a knowledge base of the universe
\\n(26:11) - How to train an AI knowledge base
\\n(30:32) - Global consistency versus local consistency
\\n(54:53) - Automated reasoning
\\n(1:00:33) - Direct uses of AI and machine learning
\\n(1:13:11) - The semantic web
\\n(1:23:44) - Tools to help Cyc interpret data
\\n(1:32:54) - The most beautiful idea about Cyc
\\n(1:38:53) - Love and consciousness in AI
\\n(1:45:52) - The greatness of Marvin Minsky
\\n(1:50:46) - Is Cyc just a beautiful dream?
\\n(1:55:31) - What is OpenCyc and how was it born?
\\n(2:01:21) - The open source community and OpenCyc
\\n(2:11:48) - The inference problem
\\n(2:13:31) - Cyc's programming language
\\n(2:21:05) - Ontological engineering
\\n(2:28:30) - Do machines think?
\\n(2:37:15) - Death and consciousness
\\n(2:47:16) - What would you say to AI?
\\n(2:51:52) - Advice to young people
\\n(2:53:48) - Mortality"