"The driver of the power of intelligent systems is the knowledge the systems have about their universe of discourse, Cyc has not only the world's largest knowledge base, but the best represented from a technical point of view."

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Source : "Defining a Decade: Envisioning CSTB's Second 10 Years". Proceedings of CSTB's 10th Anniversary Symposium, www.nap.edu. May 16, 1996.

Edward Feigenbaum

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“It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.”
“You can have a good vibe and a good feeling about something, but you never really know how it's going to be received and how an audience is going to react to it.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Globalization by the way of McDonaldâ€™s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.”

Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.178, Simon and Schuster
“I have never been concerned about winning the Ballon d'Or or being the best player in the world. The best player is already here and that's Messi. And now I can see him from close up and help him.”
“Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies.”
“The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published in a new book by Bouthaina Shaaban, who spent ten years as Hafez's interpreter and is still an adviser to his son Bashar.”
“The conference also has a moral duty to examine the corruption of science that can be caused by massive amounts of money. The United States has disbursed tens of billions of dollars to climate scientists who would not have received those funds had their research shown climate change to be beneficial or even modest in its effects. Are these scientists being tempted by money? And are the very, very few climate scientists whose research is supported by industry somehow less virtuous?”
“From this point of view, to avoid your strengths and to focus on your weaknesses isn't a sign of diligent humility. It is almost irresponsible. By contrast the most responsible, the most challenging, and, in the sense of being true to yourself, the most honorable thing to do is face up to the strength potential inherent in your talents and then find ways to realize it.”

Source : Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (2001). “Now, Discover Your Strengths”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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