In the times before "AI" hype there were washing machines with "fuzzy logic" and "neuro" whatever.
Found reddit comment:
"Fuzzy logic was an overhyped 90s phenomenon that was largely based on the belief that one could design a control system without an understanding of control theory and somehow it would magically turn out better. That reality never materialized."
https://www.reddit.com/r/engineering/comments/pwht4f/comment/heha0c2/
...leading to Bob Pease articles[1][2]:
1. https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded/digital-ics/article/21757343/whats-all-this-fuzzy-logic-stuff-anyhow
2. https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded/article/21757031/whats-all-this-ball-on-beam-balancing-stuff-anyhow
#FuzzyLogic