Edward Feigenbaum and Joshua Lederberg build Dendral, the first highly successful rule-based expert system for chemistry. It pioneers the shift from general problem-solvers to domain-specific knowledge engineering architectures.
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Top 5 Structural Foundations: Origins
- Jornada 820 and Mobile Web — HP releases early “palmtop” PCs with built-in modems. While slow, they allow early adopters to chec...
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- The BitTorrent Protocol Released — Bram Cohen designs a decentralized peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. It revolutionizes how large ...
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