expert system

noun

: computer software that attempts to mimic the reasoning of a human specialist

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The days of expert systems are often now denigrated as a dead-end and thus some insist that the symbolic world is kaput. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 There are emerging technologies to assess the accuracy of large language models, but other AI models (statistical analysis, expert systems and predictive financial models) are more mature and benefit significantly from improved data quality. Chris Stegh, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 Their impact will grow as AI agents evolve from expert systems into more sophisticated entities capable of self-improvement and continuous learning. Thomas Caldwell, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 The combination of natural language processing and expert systems has been used to automate and significantly improve the classification process. Steve Banker, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 Neural networks gave way to expert systems, which in turn gave way to machine learning. Kevin Drum, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018 Starting in the mid-1960s, expert systems brought a new focus on capturing and programming real-world knowledge, specifically the knowledge of specialized domain experts and specifically, their rules of thumb (heuristics). Gil Press, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 As a result, corporations around the world began to develop their own expert systems and a hardware industry sprang up around these investments. Martin Reeves, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023 The first wave of AI was expert systems. IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2019

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First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of expert system was in 1977

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“Expert system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expert%20system. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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