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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:11 – What is Cyc?
9:17 – How to form a knowledge base of the universe
19:43 – How to train an AI knowledge base
24:04 – Global consistency versus local consistency
48:25 – Automated reasoning
54:05 – Direct uses of AI and machine learning
1:06:43 – The semantic web
1:17:16 – Tools to help Cyc interpret data
1:26:26 – The most beautiful idea about Cyc
1:32:25 – Love and consciousness in AI
1:39:24 – The greatness of Marvin Minsky
1:44:18 – Is Cyc just a beautiful dream?
1:49:03 – What is OpenCyc and how was it born?
1:54:53 – The open source community and OpenCyc
2:05:20 – The inference problem
2:07:03 – Cyc’s programming language
2:14:37 – Ontological engineering
2:22:02 – Do machines think?
2:30:47 – Death and consciousness
2:40:48 – What would you say to AI?
2:45:24 – Advice to young people
2:47:20 – Mortality
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