An early attempt at creating a universal problem- solving machine. Developed in 1957 by Herbert Simon, J.C. Shaw and Allen Newell, the General Problem Solver (GPS) was designed to solve any problem ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. A May 2024 Reuters Institute and University of Oxford survey, which included more than ...

It was previously thought that children younger than 7 couldn't find efficient solutions to complex problems, but new ...