Also known as OpenCyc
Cyc (pronounced ) is a long-term artificial intelligence (AI) project that aims to assemble a comprehensive ontology and knowledge base that spans the basic concepts and rules about how the world works. Hoping to capture common sense knowledge, Cyc focuses on implicit knowledge. The project began in July 1984 at MCC and was developed later by the Cycorp company.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Cyc
- Software.logo caption
- Cycorp company's logo
- Software.screenshot
- Cyc Projects Logos.png
- Software.caption
- (Clockwise) Logos for Cyc's Knowledge Base, Inference Engines, Actionable Output, and Intelligent Data Selection
- Software.author
- Douglas Lenat
- Software.developer
- Cycorp, Inc.
- Software.latest release version
- 6.1
- Software.programming language
- Lisp, CycL, SubL
- Software.genre
- Knowledge representation language and inference engine
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1994
- Location
- Austin, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.455427.5
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.cyc.com
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- inception
- 1984-00-00
Sources (2)
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Knowledge base
- Inference engine
- Releases
- OpenCyc
- ResearchCyc
- Applications
- Criticisms
- Notable employees
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cyc (pronounced ) is a long-term artificial intelligence (AI) project that aims to assemble a comprehensive ontology and knowledge base that spans the basic concepts and rules about how the world works. Hoping to capture common sense knowledge, Cyc focuses on implicit knowledge. The project began in July 1984 at MCC and was developed later by the Cycorp company.
The name "Cyc" (from "encyclopedia") is a registered trademark owned by Cycorp. CycL has a publicly released specification, and dozens of HL (Heuristic Level) modules were described in Lenat and Guha's textbook, but the Cyc inference engine code and the full list of HL modules are Cycorp-proprietary.