Brian Thomas

Documentary · Narrative history / group portrait

Japan's Fifth Generation Computer Systems Project (FGCS), 1982–1992/95

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Research files

  1. L00 Overview15 passages
  2. Origins (1970s–1981)9 passages
  3. The people. Centre: Kazuhiro Fuchi (渕一博)15 passages
  4. The idea: logic as the machine's language8 passages
  5. Tokyo, October 1981, and the founding of ICOT8 passages
  6. The work, 1982–199215 passages
  7. The Western panic5 passages
  8. The ending (1992–1995)9 passages
  9. Conflicts, gaps, no-invention audit16 passages
  10. Legacy and verdicts (both sides, on the record)7 passages
  11. Receipts, archives, bibliography (Brian LOCK: every claim resolves here)27 passages
  12. Documentary structure (narrative plan; every beat maps to receipts)13 passages