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M01.4 CONNECT THE MECHANISM

Limits, expectations, and changing support

In 1958 a newspaper said a learning machine might one day be conscious. By 1973 Britain was cutting AI funding. Find out what the famous XOR puzzle really proved.

LESSON OVERVIEW13 min lesson

Lesson overview

In 1958 a newspaper said a learning machine might one day be conscious. By 1973 Britain was cutting AI funding. Find out what the famous XOR puzzle really proved.

What you’ll explore

  • Distinguish model limitations, evaluation failures, and changes in research support without attributing AI setbacks to one cause.
GO TO THE SOURCE

Original explanations, connected to the research.

ALPAC — Language and Machines (1966)Buchanan — A (Very) Brief History of Artificial IntelligenceMinsky and Papert — Perceptrons, expanded editionRosenblatt — The perceptron (1958)
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