Reasoning with Common Sense

Can we teach machines common sense?  Which points back to our own look at the work Doug Lenat was doing with the Cyc Project. We wanted to create a means by which an agent could understand the basic terminology and goals of an organization like a company, and reason about it with the right language and direction.  That did not happen,  but the goal is still there.   And Cycorp has been active for 34 years, and produced a stable software release just three months ago.  We talked to them back then, but it didn't meet our needs. And every time we make some progress, like our broad use of assistants, now in many homes, we see the need again.

See the Cyc Wikipedia Article.  and

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