Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #221

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:11 - What is Cyc?
9:17 - How to form a knowledge base of the universe
19:43 - How to train an AI knowledge base
24:04 - Global consistency versus local consistency
48:25 - Automated reasoning
54:05 - Direct uses of AI and machine learning
1:06:43 - The semantic web
1:17:16 - Tools to help Cyc interpret data
1:26:26 - The most beautiful idea about Cyc
1:32:25 - Love and consciousness in AI
1:39:24 - The greatness of Marvin Minsky
1:44:18 - Is Cyc just a beautiful dream?
1:49:03 - What is OpenCyc and how was it born?
1:54:53 - The open source community and OpenCyc
2:05:20 - The inference problem
2:07:03 - Cyc's programming language
2:14:37 - Ontological engineering
2:22:02 - Do machines think?
2:30:47 - Death and consciousness
2:40:48 - What would you say to AI?
2:45:24 - Advice to young people
2:47:20 - Mortality