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26. People and Research Lineage

The humans and intellectual history behind the field. Children group researchers by era/contribution (symbolic, ML, deep learning, Transformer authors, LLM, alignment) plus roles (founders, educators, OSS contributors). This is the who and the why-it-exists dimension — provenance and credit. It connects the technical branches back to the papers and people that produced them, making it the natural home for citations and historical context.

Children

  • symbolic AI researchers
  • machine learning researchers
  • deep learning researchers
  • Transformer authors
  • LLM researchers
  • alignment researchers
  • AI company founders
  • educators
  • open-source ecosystem contributors