{"channel":"misc","content":"https://yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essays/posts/cyc/\r\n\r\nThe first reason Cyc failed was the cost of the system.  A single << researcher >> with a personal allocation of << compute >> in 2025 can do as much as 1000 full-time employees could do in 1980.\r\n\r\n<xantham> the second reason was that Doug Lenat became a << cultist >>, and cultists never discover anything.","created_at":"2025-04-13T21:08:52.254377","id":350,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":null,"processed_content":"<p><a href=\"https://yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essays/posts/cyc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essays/posts/cyc/</a>\r</p>\n<p>The first reason Cyc failed was the cost of the system.  A single <span class=\"literal-text\">researcher</span> with a personal allocation of <span class=\"literal-text\">compute</span> in 2025 can do as much as 1000 full-time employees could do in 1980.\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-xantham\">\n    <span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udd25</span>\n    <span class=\"colortext-content\"> the second reason was that Doug Lenat became a <span class=\"literal-text\">cultist</span>, and cultists never discover anything.</span>\n  </span></p>","quotes":[],"subject":"why cyc failed"}