1964 ⟶ SIR Program for Question-Answering Systems
Bertram Raphael's MIT dissertation on the SIR program demons...
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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.⟶
Question AnsweringKnowledge RepresentationSIRBertram RaphaelMITLogical Representation
United States🗣️ Danny Bobrow's Dissertation on Natural Language Understanding
Danny Bobrow's dissertation at MIT (technical report #1 from MIT's AI group, Project MAC), shows that computers can understand natural language well enough to solve Algebra word problems correctly.⟶
Natural Language ProcessingLanguage UnderstandingDanny BobrowMITAI researchComputational Linguistics
United States💬 ELIZA: Interactive Dialogue Program
Joseph Weizenbaum (MIT) built ELIZA, an Interactive program that carries on a dialogue in English language on any topic. It was a popular toy at AI centers on the ARPANET when a version that "simulated" the dialogue of a psychotherapist was programmed.⟶
Natural Language ProcessingDialogue SystemsChatbotPsychotherapyMITWeizenbaumARPANETEarly AI
United States🧱 Winston's ARCH Program Learns Concepts from Blocks
Patrick Winston's PhD program, ARCH, at MIT learned concepts from examples in the world of children's blocks.⟶
Machine LearningConcept LearningBlocks WorldPatrick WinstonEarly AIMITKnowledge Representation
USA🗣️ EMYCIN Program Development
Bill VanMelle's PhD dissertation at Stanford demonstrated the generality of MYCIN's representation of knowledge and style of reasoning in his EMYCIN program, the model for many commercial expert system "shells".⟶
Expert SystemsEMYCINKnowledge RepresentationReasoningMYCINBill VanMelleStanford University
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