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Re:Tay – Microsoft A.I. chatbot by colllectorof on Saturday March 26, 2016 @02:03PM (#11366655)
> Take your example of expert systems: as far as I know, they never really took off.

This is exactly why I said you should look into their history. They took off big time. Search Amazon for "expert systems" and observe how many books there are about the subject.

They were used by large corporations, hospitals, universities and governments. They were the subject of a lot of research. There were countless startups based around the concept.

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Re:Tay – Microsoft A.I. chatbot by colllectorof on Saturday March 26, 2016 @04:07PM (#11367224)
I forgot to mention that in some fields (for example, medical diagnostics) expert systems outperformed human experts. In some fields they are still used today. (They aren't always labeled as "expert system", though.)
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