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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