Ask HN: Were you developing Expert Systems? Have any stories to share?

  • Yes, I had some projects in the late eighties/early nineties, with expert system shells like M4 by TechKnowledge, CLIPS by NASA and some homegrown shells based on Lisp or Objective-C. Not that scary at all, but the main challenge was the rules (where to get them from, what to do with incomplete or conflicting rules, etc.). CLIPS is still available (see https://www.clipsrules.net/) and very well documented.