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1. vannev+14[view] [source] 2025-04-08 19:44:13
>>todsac+(OP)
I would argue that Lenat was at least directionally correct in understanding that sheer volume of data (in Cyc's case, rules and facts) was the key in eventually achieving useful intelligence. I have to confess that I once criticized the Cyc project for creating an ever-larger pile of sh*t and expecting a pony to emerge, but that's sort of what has happened with LLMs.
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2. cmrdpo+G8[view] [source] 2025-04-08 20:14:39
>>vannev+14
I suspect at some point the pendulum will again swing back the other way and symbolic approaches will have some kind of breakthrough and become trendy again. And, I bet it will likely have something to do with accelerating these systems with hardware, much like GPUs have done for neural networks, in order to crunch really large quantities of facts
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3. whipla+ja[view] [source] 2025-04-08 20:27:27
>>cmrdpo+G8
Or maybe program synthesis combined by LLMs might be the way?
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