AI glossary

What is expert system?

Short answer

An older style of AI built from hand-written if-then rules supplied by human experts, popular in the 1980s.

For example

MYCIN, built at Stanford in the 1970s, used around 600 hand-written rules to suggest treatments for blood infections.

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What is expert system in simple terms?

An older style of AI built from hand-written if-then rules supplied by human experts, popular in the 1980s.

What is an example of expert system?

MYCIN, built at Stanford in the 1970s, used around 600 hand-written rules to suggest treatments for blood infections.

Where can I learn about expert system for free?

AI in Bed explains it in the free lesson "A short history of AI" (Beginner level, 6 minutes), with no sign-up.