Artifact Details

Title

AI: Expert Systems Pioneer Meeting, day 2 session 7: Why did the expert systems industry decline?

Catalog Number

102781127

Type

Document

Description

This transcript from Day 2, Session 7 of the AI Expert Systems Pioneer Meeting covers the final years of the AI and expert systems industry in the late 1990s. Following a brief history of the Computer History Museum itself, the participants discuss possible reasons that the expert systems industry and most of its companies failed to thrive in the long run and why so few still exist today. Possible and partial reasons include business management approaches, company revenue models, the lack of expert systems standards, and the complexity of expert systems solutions. The discussion also continues to explore how AI and expert systems technologies have evolved and been absorbed into existing products and services. Examples include rule-based systems, enterprise search, business rules, and knowledge-based systems.

Date

2018-05-15

Contributor

Allen, Brad, Speaker
Baltes, Cheryl, Editor
Brock, David C., Moderator
Brown, Denny, Speaker
Dick, Stephanie, Speaker
Feigenbaum, Edward, Speaker
Friedland, Peter, Speaker
Garvey, Colin, Speaker
Grad, Burt, Moderator
Grier, David, Speaker
Haigh, Thomas, Speaker
Harmon, Paul, Speaker
Hart, Peter, Speaker
Hemmendinger, David, Speaker
Hendrix, Gary G., Speaker
Hsu, Hansen, Speaker
Kunze, Fritz, Speaker
LaHay, Edward, Speaker
Lenat, Douglas B., Speaker
McCune, Brian, Speaker
McJones, Paul, Speaker
Rappaport, Alain, Speaker
Schorr, Herb, Speaker
Shustek, Len, Speaker
Smith, Reid, Speaker

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, CA

Extent

41 p.

Format

PDF

Category

Transcription

Subject

Artificial intelligence (AI); Business rules; Executive leadership; Expert systems; Government funding; Knowledge engineering; Mission-critical logic; Rules-based systems

Collection Title

AI: Expert Systems Pioneer Meeting

Credit

Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X8652.2018