Why Are We Not Building Lisp Machines

Question

Since the closest we got to AGI was LISP machines, why are we not building modern LIPS machines?

PaulHoule · Accepted Answer

People have figured out how to run languages like LISP on conventional superscalar and pipelined processors with great performance. Common LISP was designed with this in mind.

brudgers · Answer

LISP machines may indeed have been as close to AGI as we have been.
However, I think we are just as close now.
AGI success, like all successes, is a thing declared not a thing achieved.
...anyway, if you want a LISP machine, put eMacs on a general purpose computer.
Good luck.

lispm · Answer

Modern AI trends are mostly not about logic symbolic reasoning.The machines needed are very different -> see what Nvidia is offering.

Why Are We Not Building Lisp Machines

Since the closest we got to AGI was LISP machines, why are we not building modern LIPS machines?

People have figured out how to run languages like LISP on conventional superscalar and pipelined processors with great performance. Common LISP was designed with this in mind.

LISP machines may indeed have been as close to AGI as we have been.However, I think we are just as close now.AGI success, like all successes, is a thing declared not a thing achieved....anyway, if you want a LISP machine, put eMacs on a general purpose computer.Good luck.

Modern AI trends are mostly not about logic symbolic reasoning.The machines needed are very different -> see what Nvidia is offering.

LISP machines may indeed have been as close to AGI as we have been.
However, I think we are just as close now.
AGI success, like all successes, is a thing declared not a thing achieved.
...anyway, if you want a LISP machine, put eMacs on a general purpose computer.
Good luck.

Modern AI trends are mostly not about logic symbolic reasoning.
The machines needed are very different -> see what Nvidia is offering.