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and it was an epic fail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_generation_computer#Fail...

A primary problem was the choice of concurrent logic programming as the bridge between the parallel computer architecture and the use of logic as a knowledge representation and problem solving language for AI applications.

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Personal anecdote: I once asked a retired Japanese computer scientist why the 5th generation project had failed. He replied with:

"What do you mean 'failed'? All my colleagues who worked on this project have become professors!" In this respect, the project was actually a smashing success.

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