The Power of Prolog: Videos (www.metalevel.at)

"The Power of Prolog: Videos" is a comprehensive video series that walks through Prolog from fundamentals to advanced applications, covering core logic-programming constructs (predicate logic, Horn clauses, terms, lists, clauses/rules/facts, queries) and practical tooling (reading/writing code, debugging, Emacs/ediprolog integration). It pairs theory—meta-predicates, term/goal expansion, DCGs (Definite Clause Grammars), Datalog and term rewriting—with performance topics like argument indexing, memory usage, list differences and faster labeling techniques used for constraint problems such as N-Queens. The collection includes many hands-on case studies: Sudoku, map colouring, school timetabling, the Social Golfer problem, knight’s tour, domino tilings, cryptography and even “Bitcoinolog” for reasoning about Bitcoin addresses. For the AI/ML community, this is significant because Prolog embodies declarative, symbolic reasoning that complements statistical methods: concise knowledge representation, explainable inference, and embedded constraint solving. Technical takeaways include how Horn-clause semantics underpin reliable reasoning, DCGs simplify parsing tasks, meta-interpreters enable custom inference strategies, and term/goal expansion supports program transformation. The series also surfaces practical antipatterns and optimization strategies that matter for scaling logic-based solutions. Together, these resources make Prolog accessible for prototyping rule-based systems, hybrid symbolic-symbolic/ML pipelines, and for exploring explainable, verifiable approaches in AI.