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Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #221
Lex Fridman interviews Douglas Lenat, founder of Cyc, a decades-long project to encode common-sense knowledge and reasoning for AI. They discuss symbolic AI and how it may complement neural networks.
Why HN readers recommended it
Pointed to as the long-form interview for understanding Lenat's work, especially after his death.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Lex Fridman
- Topic
- symbolic ai and cyc
- Format
- podcast
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2023
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From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I thought that Douglas Lenat's remarks (at Lex Fridman's podcast) about this were really insightful[1]. [1] [VIDEO]
roeles on Hacker News · 2021-11
In Love seems like a high priorityIf anybody wants to hear more about Doug's work and ideas, here is a (fairly long) interview with Doug by Lex Fridman, from last year. [VIDEO]
mindcrime on Hacker News · 2023-09
In Doug Lenat has diedThere's an interesting (& long!) recent Lex Fridman interview with Doug Lenat here: [VIDEO] Lenat thought CYC and neural nets could be complementary, with neural nets providing right brain/fast thinking capability, and CYC left brain/slow (analytic/reflective) thinking capability. It's odd to see Lenat discuss CYC …
HarHarVeryFunny on Hacker News · 2023-09
In Remembering Doug Lenat (1950–2023) and His Quest to Capture the World with Logic
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