1973 AD
The Lighthill report and limits of British AI
Artificial intelligence · Institutions and funding
The report commissioned by the Science Research Council criticized AI’s promises and its difficulties scaling from small problems to complex situations. It became a reference point in British funding debates; the so-called AI winters had different timelines and effects across countries and fields.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-20
- Dating note
- The text is signed July 1972; this record dates its publication in 1973, documented in the Chilton archive introduction.
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- 1. www.chilton-computing.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
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- 2. www.chilton-computing.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
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