Editing Cyc (section)

==Criticisms==
The Cyc project has been described as "one of the most controversial endeavors of the artificial intelligence history".<ref>{{harvnb|Bertino|Piero|Zarria|2001|p=275}}</ref> [[Catherine Havasi]], CEO of Luminoso, says that Cyc is the predecessor project to [[Watson (computer)|IBM's Watson]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/09/guide-to-common-sense-reasoning-whos-doing-it-and-why-it-matters/|title=Who's Doing Common-Sense Reasoning And Why It Matters|last=Havasi|first=Catherine|work=TechCrunch| date= Aug 9, 2014 |access-date=2017-11-29|language=en}}</ref> Machine-learning scientist [[Pedro Domingos]] refers to the project as a "catastrophic failure" for the unending amount of data required to produce any viable results and the inability for Cyc to evolve on its own.<ref>{{cite book |first=Pedro |last=Domingos |title=The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World |isbn=978-0465065707 |year=2015 |publisher=Basic Books |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/masteralgorithmh0000domi }}</ref>

[[Gary Marcus]], a cognitive scientist and the cofounder of an AI company called Geometric Intelligence, says "it represents an approach that is very different from all the deep-learning stuff that has been in the news."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600984/an-ai-with-30-years-worth-of-knowledge-finally-goes-to-work/|title=An AI that spent 30 years learning some common sense is ready for work|last=Knight|first=Will|work=MIT Technology Review| date=Mar 14, 2016 | access-date=2017-11-29|language=en}}</ref> This is consistent with Doug Lenat's position that "Sometimes the ''veneer'' of intelligence is not enough".<ref>{{Cite web |author=Doug Lenat |date=May 15, 2017 |title=Sometimes the Veneer of Intelligence is Not Enough |url=https://cognitiveworld.com/articles/sometimes-veneer-intelligence-not-enough |access-date=2017-11-29 |website=CogWorld |language=en}}</ref>