Answers.Body: <p>The term <em>classical AI</em> refers to the concept of intelligence that was broadly accepted after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_workshop" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dartmouth Conference</a> and basically refers to a kind of intelligence that is strongly symbolic and oriented to logic and language processing. One basic point is the duality <strong>body</strong> vs. <strong>mind</strong>. It's in this period that the mind starts to be compared with computer software.</p>
  <h3>Two classical historical examples of this conception of intelligence</h3>
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  <li><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Deep Blue</strong></a>, whose aim in life was to be the master of chess, ruling over the (not-so) intelligent mankind</p>
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  <li><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><strong>Eliza</strong></a> a computer-based therapist that turned out to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum" rel="nofollow noreferrer">trigger a critic</a> to the classical AI</p>
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  <h2>Two technical examples of classical AI</h2>
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  <li><p><strong>Expert systems</strong>, which are computer programs that strongly rely on the type of constraints and conclusions that you refer to, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/technology/expert-system" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>in order to accomplish feats of apparent intelligence</em></a></p>
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  <li><p><strong>Fuzzy logic</strong>, <a href="https://de.mathworks.com/help/fuzzy/what-is-fuzzy-logic.html?requestedDomain=www.mathworks.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>which is an extension of multivalued logic</em></a>, but with continuous values instead of discrete ones</p>
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  <p>Note that in all cases the <em>hardware</em> (once compared with the <em>body</em>) does not play any role: Intelligence is abstract and independent from the material world.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I believe that Classical AI uses deductive thought processes. For example, given as a set of constraints, deduce a conclusion.</p>
  <p>What are some examples of successfully applying Classical AI to real-world problems?</p>
  
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ThreadText: # What are some examples of Classical AI applications?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-02)
  
  I believe that Classical AI uses deductive thought processes. For example, given as a set of constraints, deduce a conclusion.
  
  What are some examples of successfully applying Classical AI to real-world problems?
  
  **Tags:** applications, symbolic-ai
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-08-02. Score: 8
  
  The term *classical AI* refers to the concept of intelligence that was broadly accepted after the [Dartmouth Conference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_workshop) and basically refers to a kind of intelligence that is strongly symbolic and oriented to logic and language processing. One basic point is the duality **body** vs. **mind**. It's in this period that the mind starts to be compared with computer software.
  
  ### Two classical historical examples of this conception of intelligence
  
  * [**Deep Blue**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)), whose aim in life was to be the master of chess, ruling over the (not-so) intelligent mankind
  * [**Eliza**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA) a computer-based therapist that turned out to [trigger a critic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum) to the classical AI
  
  ## Two technical examples of classical AI
  
  * **Expert systems**, which are computer programs that strongly rely on the type of constraints and conclusions that you refer to, [*in order to accomplish feats of apparent intelligence*](https://www.britannica.com/technology/expert-system)
  * **Fuzzy logic**, [*which is an extension of multivalued logic*](https://de.mathworks.com/help/fuzzy/what-is-fuzzy-logic.html?requestedDomain=www.mathworks.com), but with continuous values instead of discrete ones
  
  Note that in all cases the *hardware* (once compared with the *body*) does not play any role: Intelligence is abstract and independent from the material world.
  
  
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