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A modified version of the Cyc inference engine was used in the initial development of LarKC[1]. [1] http://videolectures.net/coinactivess2010_witbrock_lkc/

Xanadu is an unfair comparison. Cyc is deployed in real world applications[1][2]. [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/ClevelandClin... [2] http://videolectures.net/c…

> Isn't Freebase.com his project as well? No, that was Danny Hillis. Freebase was purchased by Google and became the core of what is now known as the Google Knowledge Graph. Intere…

At its core, Cyc is a logical system based on nth order predicate calculus . However, it is able to leverage other AI techniques to populate its knowledge base.

I am not surprised by your results. However, the system is more robust than your experience would indicate. OpenCyc is a subset of ResearchCyc, which itself is a subset of (Full)Cy…

AI pioneer James Albus proposed a novel wealth redistribution scheme he called Peoples' Capitalism. http://www.peoplescapitalism.org