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SHRDLU

SHRDLU is an early natural-language understanding computer program that was developed by Terry Winograd at MIT in 1968–1970. In the program, the user carries on a conversation with the computer, moving objects, naming collections and querying the state of a simplified "blocks world", essentially a virtual box filled with different blocks.

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Operating system
PDP-6
Original author
Terry Winograd
Platform
DEC
Release
1967
Type
natural-language understanding
Written in
Micro Planner, Lisp

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SHRDLU

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples26
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

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SHRDLU

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related to Consequences · 6
SHRDLU → AI, Cyc, In, Subsequent, This, Winograd
related to External links · 6
SHRDLU → Archived, Java3D, Terry, Terry Winograd's SHRDLU, Unknown, Winograd
related to Functionality · 4
SHRDLU → English, One, SHRDLU's, The
Operating system · 1
SHRDLU → PDP-6
Original author · 1
SHRDLU → Terry Winograd
Platform · 1
SHRDLU → DEC
Release · 1
SHRDLU → 1967
Type · 1
SHRDLU → natural-language understanding
Written in · 1
SHRDLU → Micro Planner, Lisp
is a · 1
SHRDLU → early natural-language understanding computer program that was developed by Terry Winograd at MIT in 1968

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world computer terry winograd could blocks program original understanding language objects also archived one user planner lisp dec pdp-6 move

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SHRDLUOperating systemPDP-61.00infobox
SHRDLUOriginal authorTerry Winograd1.00infobox
SHRDLUPlatformDEC1.00infobox
SHRDLURelease19671.00infobox
SHRDLUTypenatural-language understanding1.00infobox
SHRDLUWritten inMicro Planner, Lisp1.00infobox
SHRDLUis aearly natural-language understanding computer program that was developed by Terry Winograd at MIT in 19680.90text
blocksinstance ofcontaining various basic objects0.80text
conesinstance ofcontaining various basic objects0.80text
ballsinstance ofcontaining various basic objects0.80text
SHRDLUrelated to ConsequencesAI0.60section
SHRDLUrelated to ConsequencesThis0.60section

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