In the film viewers learn that the main obstacle to developing a truly intelligent computer system is the difficulty of teaching computers common sense. Austin, Texas-based scientist Doug Lenat details the many everyday problems that humans solve without conscious thought, but which are extremely difficult for a computer to sort out. At his company, CYCORP in Austin TX, we meet CYC, the computer system that he has been developing for the past 17 years: at one level, it has begun to "understand" the documents it reads..
Follow the below link in order to read an in-depth interview with Doug Lenat of CYCORP:
