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What the Cold Taught Us

  1. 01What the Cold Taught Us
  2. 02What failure teaches
  3. 03The assumptions that broke
  4. 04The problem with logic
  5. 05Knowledge is not rules
  6. 06The quiet work
  7. 07Connectionism returns
  8. 08Why the winters mattered
  9. 09Reinforce your understanding
  10. 10Question: assumptions
  11. 11Question: connectionism
  12. 12Question: legacy
  13. 13Quiz: answer
  14. 14The thaw
  15. 15Want to go deeper?
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The assumptions that broke

Three beliefs sat underneath early AI research, rarely stated because they seemed obvious.

That thinking means following rules. That what experts know can be written down. That if you get the rules right, genuine understanding follows.

Each of these turned out to be wrong. And each collapsed in a different way.

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  1. 1. mitpress.mit.edu
  2. 2. press.uchicago.edu