History of AI: Part 2 - The Great Freeze: Where Did All the Robots Go?

AI Innovations Unleashed: The Great Freeze: Where Did All the Robots Go?

Join Dr. JR and Dr. Aris "Rusty" Thorne as they journey back to the "AI Winter," a period of great promises and even greater disappointments. This episode dives into the dramatic downturn of AI research, exploring how a necessary market correction reshaped the entire field.

We'll uncover:

• The Lighthill Report: Was this a fair critique or the hit piece that killed British AI research? Discover how a crucial paper on "combinatorial explosion" led to the first major freeze.
• Expert Systems: While the world lost faith in sentient robots, a quiet revolution was underway. Learn about the "Wild West" of AI, where boring but effective systems like MYCIN and XCON proved  ...