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What is it?
by peheje 2y ago
What is it?
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- emmelaich 2y agoEurisko (Gr., I discover) is a discovery system written by Douglas Lenat in RLL-1, a representation language itself written in the Lisp programming language. A sequel to Automated Mathematician, it consists of heuristics, i.e. rules of thumb, including heuristics describing how to use and change its own heuristics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurisko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurisko
- KineticLensman 2y agoIt got a lot of kudos for winning a multi player naval wargame by building a bizarre but successful fleet that exploited all the loopholes and quirks in the rules.
- actionfromafar 2y agoDidn't it build a swarm of tiny boats? That loophole seems to be currently exploited in the real world, too.
- KineticLensman 2y agoIIRC it had at least one small (?) purely defensive boat that couldn’t be destroyed by typical weapons so its parent fleet couldn’t be defeated. It wasn’t like a modern drone swarm
- PaulHoule 2y agoIt makes me think of the battles in Doc Smith’s Lensman series where the Galactic Patrol would develop a game-breaking fleet formation to use against Boskone in every major naval battle.
- KineticLensman 2y agoAh yes, probably need to re-read them. I remember how virtually every book introduces a new super weapon that becomes part of the standard arsenal in the next, all the way up to entire 'negative matter' planets that are fired out of subspace (can't recall the in-universe name) at the planets hosting your opponent's base.
- PaulHoule 2y agoThese are all on the Canadian Gutenberg.
- KineticLensman 2y agoThanks! They are also in a box in my loft along with lots of other classics. :-)
- pfdietz 2y agoTraveller Trillion Credit Squadron Traveller was (and is) a space-based RPG, although the original publisher is long out of business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game)
- pfdietz 2y agoTCS itself: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/adventure-5-trillion-credit-squadron-ebook https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/adventure-5-tril...
- boffinAudio 2y agoCan anyone give a clear example of how this can be used productively? Its description doesn't help much. What can one do with EURISKO? The fact of its recovery after its authors passing is interesting, in and of itself - but why is EURISKO, specifically, worth the effort of understanding?
- pamoroso 2y agoThis post also explains what EURISKO does by putting it into the context of the later system Doug Lenat worked on, Cyc https://outsiderart.substack.com/p/cyc-historys-forgotten-ai-project https://outsiderart.substack.com/p/cyc-historys-forgotten-ai...
- isaacfrond 2y agoExcellent question. I have no clue either.