Doug Lenat

(person)

One of the world's leading computer scientists specialising in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently (1999) head of the Cyc Project at MCC, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University.

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Douglas Lenat begins the Cyc project, an ambitious attempt to create a common-sense knowledge base that can eventually become self-educating.

A time line of AI: after a century of ups and downs, artificial intelligence is getting smarter

Douglas Lenat in WWTS (What Would Turing Say?) takes a step back and focuses instead on synergy between human and machine, and the development of conjoint superhuman intelligence.

Beyond the Turing test

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