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Douglas Lenat is the founder of Cyc, a 37 year project aiming to solve common-sense knowledge and reasoning in AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:39) - What is Cyc?
  (15:45) - How to form a knowledge base of the universe
  (26:11) - How to train an AI knowledge base
  (30:32) - Global consistency versus local consistency
  (54:53) - Automated reasoning
  (1:00:33) - Direct uses of AI and machine learning
  (1:13:11) - The semantic web
  (1:23:44) - Tools to help Cyc interpret data
  (1:32:54) - The most beautiful idea about Cyc
  (1:38:53) - Love and consciousness in AI
  (1:45:52) - The greatness of Marvin Minsky
  (1:50:46) - Is Cyc just a beautiful dream?
  (1:55:31) - What is OpenCyc and how was it born?
  (2:01:21) - The open source community and OpenCyc
  (2:11:48) - The inference problem
  (2:13:31) - Cyc’s programming language
  (2:21:05) - Ontological engineering
  (2:28:30) - Do machines think?
  (2:37:15) - Death and consciousness
  (2:47:16) - What would you say to AI?
  (2:51:52) - Advice to young people
  (2:53:48) - Mortality

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