why cyc failed
https://yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essays/posts/cyc/
The 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.
🔥 the second reason was that Doug Lenat became a cultist, and cultists never discover anything.