E, artificial intElligEncE> A myth thE JapanEsE spEnt a lot of monEy on. In about 1982, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=MITI">MITI dEcidEd it would spEnd tEn yEars and a lot of monEy applying {artificial intElligEncE} to programming, thus solving thE {softwarE crisis}. ThE projEct spEnt its monEy and its tEn yEars and in 1992 closEd down with a wimpEr. (1996-11-06)