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1983 AI book warned of Japan's dominance, fueled 80s investment

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A 1983 book titled "The Fifth Generation" by Edward Feigenbaum and Pamela McCorduck predicted Japan's dominance in artificial intelligence by 1992. The authors warned the US to invest in a national program for "knowledge information processors" or risk becoming an agrarian society. This book significantly influenced AI investment in the 1980s and was even featured on "Computer Chronicles." AI

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1983 AI book warned of Japan's dominance, fueled 80s investment

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    A main topic of my newsletter this month is a 1983 book, "The Fifth Generation," by Ed Feigenbaum and Pamela McCorduck. They claimed Japan would create artifici

    A main topic of my newsletter this month is a 1983 book, "The Fifth Generation," by Ed Feigenbaum and Pamela McCorduck. They claimed Japan would create artificial intelligence machines by 1992; if the US didn't commit to an Apollo-style program to develop our own "knowledge infor…

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