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candidate · p2026-09-06-021 · reject-definition

XCON/R1 at DEC

set aside as

DEFINITION REJECTS

the researcher's note

XCON/R1 at DEC — ~10,000 hand-written OPS5 production rules; the "$40M/yr saving" claim is DEC's own; nothing was fit to data. A hand-written rule system that worked, which is exactly why it is not AI under this definition.

proposed by

researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, era-1930-1989

received

2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00

harvest report

impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-era-1930-1989.md

Rulings, in order

1. 2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00 · researcherreject-definition — XCON/R1 at DEC — ~10,000 hand-written OPS5 production rules; the "$40M/yr saving" claim is DEC's own; nothing was fit to data. A hand-written rule system that worked, which is exactly why it is not AI under this definition.

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