James Lighthill on AI
2 quotes from James Lighthill on the wall, 1972 to 1973, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include BBC, Science Research Council (UK).
- 1973
The general purpose robot, then, is a mirage
Sir James Lighthill, Lucasian Professor at Cambridge and author of the 1972 Science Research Council report on AI, debated Michie, McCarthy and Gregory at the Royal Institution for BBC television in May 1973.
BBCControversy: The General Purpose Robot is a Mirage (Lighthill debate transcript)
- 1972
The major impact that was then promised
Lighthill was Lucasian Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cambridge. The Science Research Council asked him for this survey, dated July 1972 and published in 1973. It led to deep cuts in British AI funding.
Science Research Council (UK)Artificial Intelligence: A General Survey
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Quotes by others that refer to James Lighthill
- 1974
Lighthill had his shot at AI and missed
John McCarthy, Stanford AI pioneer, reviewed James Lighthill's 1973 report to the UK Science Research Council, which led to cuts in British AI funding. The review appeared in the journal Artificial Intelligence in 1974.
- 1973
The light it can throw upon human intellectual activity
Christopher Longuet-Higgins of the Theoretical Psychology Unit, University of Edinburgh, replying to James Lighthill's survey of AI and Sutherland's reply in the 1973 Science Research Council paper symposium.
Must throw some light on human intelligence
Stuart Sutherland of the University of Sussex arguing for basic AI research, Lighthill's "area B", in his reply to James Lighthill's survey for the Science Research Council, SRC paper symposium, 1973.