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Eurisko (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
by emmelaich 3y ago
Eurisko (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 3y 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 3y agoDidn't it build a swarm of tiny boats? That loophole seems to be currently exploited in the real world, too.
- KineticLensman 3y 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 3y 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 3y 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 3y agoThese are all on the Canadian Gutenberg.
- KineticLensman 3y agoThanks! They are also in a box in my loft along with lots of other classics. :-)
- pfdietz 3y 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 3y agoTCS itself: https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/adventure-5-trillion-credit-squadron-ebook https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/products/adventure-5-tril...
- boffinAudio 3y 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 3y 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 3y agoExcellent question. I have no clue either.