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The Lighthill Debate (1973) - part 1 of 6

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What it is

First part of a six-part recording of the 1973 Lighthill debate on AI, where Sir James Lighthill's critical report on AI research was contested by figures including McCarthy and Michie.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a historical look at the AI winter debate and a demolition of the expert systems hype.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “a video of the presentation of the report, with McCarthy present and responding, is available online also”

    Entertaining presentation of the Lighthill report with McCarthy responding.

    AndrewOMartin, 2016-08 · Recommendation · in “Computing machinery and intelligence (1950)”

  2. “If you want to watch a demolition of it see the following video”

    Demolition of the expert systems movement.

    sgt101, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “A rising sentiment that IBM’s Watson can’t deliver on its promises”

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Topics: lighthill report, ai winter, expert systems, 1973 debate

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