SHRDLU (1971) - Hackdot

Re:SHRDLU (1971) by phobius on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @05:36PM (#14353513)

The first AI to really blow my mind as a kid and - between that and Conway's Game of Life - no doubt responsible for the first 5 years of obsessive my all-night hacking and sneaking into university libraries to supplement lackluster CS education in high school at the time.

Person: WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

Computer: BECAUSE YOU ASKED ME TO.

^ cue adolescent nerd frothing at mouth

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Re:SHRDLU (1971) by YeGoblynQueenne on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @08:17PM (#14354533)

Indeed, we have come a long way since then. Today, explanation in AI systems works a lot better:

  Person: WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
  Computer: [low-level fan noise]

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