# General **URL:** https://gofai.discourse.group/c/general/4.md [Latest](https://gofai.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://gofai.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://gofai.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to GOFAI! 👋](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-gofai/5)
**Author:** [@system](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-gofai/5 "2024-11-23T01:57:47Z")
We are so glad you joined us. GOFAI Discussion of Good Old Fashioned AI Here are some things you can do to get started: :speaking\_head: Introduce yourself by adding your picture and information about yourself and yo… --- ## [About the General category](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/about-the-general-category/3)
**Author:** [@system](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [GOFAI in Research](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/gofai-in-research/36)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/gofai-in-research/36 "2026-03-16T13:27:14Z")
GOFAI tools and methods have been, and still are, widely used in scientific and computational research. --- ## [Legacy Microprocessors](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/legacy-microprocessors/35)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/legacy-microprocessors/35 "2025-08-02T13:04:04Z")
These mostly 8-bit processors were the power behind Legacy Computers. --- ## [GOFAI and Games](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/gofai-and-games/11)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/gofai-and-games/11 "2025-08-02T01:03:00Z")
GOFAI’s history, technology, and philosophy is intricately woven into those of games. This is perhaps because of the popular and pervasive influence of personal computing. The most obvious example of this is computer che… --- ## [Symbolic Regression (SR)](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/symbolic-regression-sr/29)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/symbolic-regression-sr/29 "2025-07-31T21:10:46Z")
A method of finding a symbolic expression that fits a dataset. Symbolic as opposed to polynomial. --- ## [Books, Articles, Papers, Talks](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/books-articles-papers-talks/16)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/books-articles-papers-talks/16 "2025-07-02T19:57:29Z")
Much of GOFAI research and documentation predates the internet, or at least is underrepresented on it. Please list anything interesting you know of. --- ## [Best language for GOFAI?](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/best-language-for-gofai/28)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/best-language-for-gofai/28 "2025-05-13T01:36:17Z")
poll Poll itself is anonymous, but you’re free to leave a comment if you want to explain your choice --- ## [Computational Thinking](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/computational-thinking/25)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/computational-thinking/25 "2025-04-30T19:21:22Z")
Early personal computing opened up the realm of ‘computational thinking’ to a wide audience. This is not simply the discipline of computer programming. It’s a new general approach to problem-solving that uses algorithms,… --- ## [History and Philosophy](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/history-and-philosophy/12)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/history-and-philosophy/12 "2025-04-30T19:08:46Z")
The people and thinking that made this movement tick. What is the meaning of the ‘Elf’ logo for this group? It’s a weird story of serendipity… 3 symbols: red triangle, green square, blue circle (to represent symboli… --- ## [Expert Systems (ES)](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/expert-systems-es/13)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/expert-systems-es/13 "2025-04-02T02:10:28Z")
One very popular form of early AI was the Expert System. This consisted of two parts. First, a knowledge base (usually created by capturing a block of knowledge from one or more human experts). Second, a ‘shell’ or ‘infe… --- ## [GOFAI humour and jokes](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/gofai-humour-and-jokes/22)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/gofai-humour-and-jokes/22 "2025-02-15T20:07:23Z")
Programmers had more of a sense of humour back in the GOFAI days. --- ## [Programming Languages](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/programming-languages/9)
**Author:** [@scidata](https://gofai.discourse.group/u/scidata)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://gofai.discourse.group/t/programming-languages/9 "2024-11-24T15:35:27Z")
Best programming languages for GOFAI.