Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make Computers More Human, Dies at 72

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Cade Metz on the Cyc creator — and the surprising thread connecting the game Traveller to symbolic AI.
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September 4, 2023

Cade Metz’s NYTimes article on Douglas Lenat, featuring quotes from Ken Forbus and Gary Marcus. The connection between the game Traveller and Cyc is interesting and is new to me.

Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make Computers More Human, Dies at 72 [1]

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[1] Cade Metz. “Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make Computers More Human, Dies at 72.” The New York Times, September 4, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/technology/douglas-lenat-dead.html