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erronis

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3. Oh, yes.. "Expert systems" and "fuzzy logic"

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 01:56 PM

Yesterday

I was a software "engineer" (or was it "architect"?) during the 80s. We were all playing around with "neural networks" and fearful of the Japanese being so much more advanced with the fuzzy stuff.

Now, we're working on "quantum computers", and still nuclear fusion to power the planet.

Some things work out, most don't. And the ones that do are usually unlike how they were first envisaged.

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This is a good use of the ability of modern computers to rapidly search for solutions. erronis Yesterday #1

I've felt the goalposts on AI have been moving since the 70's. OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #2

Oh, yes.. "Expert systems" and "fuzzy logic" erronis Yesterday #3

Not only are "Expert Systems" not intelligent they're not experts OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #4

'This will take us a critical step closer to finding a room-temperature superconductor.' rampartd 17 hrs ago #5

Sounds like a business model OKIsItJustMe 16 hrs ago #6