To talk about Reasoning, it’s important to understand how we got here. This article covers what I call the pre-history of Classical AI — those parts of the story that happened before the invention of modern computers (pre 1950s) but are crucial to understanding why we believe that AI is possible.
This is part 2 in a series on Reasoning.

Like most things, the very beginnings of classical AI is rooted in philosophy, and starts in the ancient world (the Greeks, Indians, and Chinese all had some early forms of logic). But, as I’m not a masochist we start in more contemporary times with two big ideas that lay the foundation for modern

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