The Perceptron Learning Algorithm

In the early 60s, there was a resurgence of interest in artificial neural networks on Frank Rosenblatt artificial intelligence by writing programs for computers and so forth. The Marvin Minsky and Seymour Pappert wrote a really sophisticated mathematical monograph called perceptrons where they did a thorough analysis of this with what I just told you about linear predicates. And at the end of all this beautiful math, they had this kind of speculation saying that in their view, there would never be a generalization to perceptron learning algorithm. So therefore, you know, it's not a very good starting point.