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>>snewma+(OP)
Doug Lenat, RIP. I worked at Cycorp in Austin from 2000-2006. Taken from us way too soon, Doug none the less had the opportunity to help our country advance military and intelligence community computer science research.

One day, the rapid advancement of AI via LLMs will slow down and attention will again return to logical reasoning and knowledge representation as championed by the Cyc Project, Cycorp, its cyclists and Dr. Doug Lenat.

Why? If NN inference were so fast, we would compile C programs with it instead of using deductive logical inference that is executed efficiently by the compiler.

>>symbol+nx
> If NN inference were so fast, we would compile C programs with it instead of using deductive logical inference that is executed efficiently by the compiler.

This is the definition of a strawman. Who is claiming that NN inference is always the fastest way to run computation?

Instead of trying to bring down another technology (neural networks), how about you focus on making symbolic methods usable to solve real-world problems; e.g. how can I build a robust email spam detection system with symbolic methods?

>>halfli+Iz
That what I have settled on. The need for a symbolic library of standard hardware circuits.

I’m making a sloppy version that will contain all the symbols needed to run a multi-unit building.