1968 ⟶ Mac Hack: Knowledge-Based Chess Program

Richard Greenblatt (programmer) at MIT built a knowledge-bas...
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❓ SIR Program for Question-Answering Systems

Bertram Raphael's MIT dissertation on the SIR program demonstrates the power of a logical representation of knowledge for question-answering systems.⟶
SIR Program for Question-Answering Systems (1964)
Question AnsweringKnowledge RepresentationSIRBertram RaphaelMITLogical Representation
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♟️ Mac Hack: Knowledge-Based Chess Program

Richard Greenblatt (programmer) at MIT built a knowledge-based chess-playing program, Mac Hack, that was good enough to achieve a class-C rating in tournament play.⟶
Mac Hack: Knowledge-Based Chess Program (1968)
ChessGame PlayingKnowledge-Based SystemsMITGreenblattAI and Games
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➕ Macsyma: Symbolic Reasoning for Integration

Joel Moses (PhD work at MIT) demonstrated the power of symbolic reasoning for integration problems in the Macsyma program. First successful knowledge-based program in Mathematics.⟶
Macsyma: Symbolic Reasoning for Integration (1968)
Symbolic ReasoningMathematicsKnowledge-Based SystemsMITMacsymaMoses
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♟️ Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov

The Deep Blue Chess machine (IBM) defeats the (then) world Chess champion, Garry Kasparov.⟶
Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov (1997)
ChessDeep BlueGarry KasparovIBMGame Playing1990s
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