18 Jan
2025
18 Jan
'25
11:27 a.m.
And DEC used one to help configure systems. It would tell you if your configuration would
work or if you left anything out. We wanted a Vax 785 with 6 massbuss adapters but it told
us the buss was too long and would intermittently time out.
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On Jan 18, 2025, at 11:17, Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Jan 18, 2025, at 2:13 PM, Chuck Guzis via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
...
He said, that the computerized version was more adroit at spotting decay
and could perform periodontal charting from radiographs without the
necessity of a hygienist poking at your gums with a probe.
I'd call that more in the realm of image processing and expert systems
rather than real AI.
Expert systems have always been considered a kind of AI system. What makes them somewhat
different is that they actually have a decades-long track record of working. I remember
learning these back in 1976, from visiting prof. Donald Mickie at the University of
Illinois. We used it to build a chess endgame machine.
paul