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I can think of like 5 different ways that you could define "a wandering mind," yet the author just takes it for granted and acts like we all "get it," even thou
by orthoganol 11y ago
I can think of like 5 different ways that you could define "a wandering mind," yet the author just takes it for granted and acts like we all "get it," even though the definition you choose might change the conclusions she reaches and the nature of the discussion.
It's just that vagueness that characterizes discussions about consciousness or subjectivity. It makes me think we have an incredibly long way to go before we accurately model the human subject, which is a prerequisite to any meaningful AI.
- mbrock 11y agoYou may be interested in this paper by Hubert Dreyfus, "Why Heideggerian AI failed and how fixing it would require making it even more Heideggerian." http://leidlmair.at/doc/WhyHeideggerianAIFailed.pdf http://leidlmair.at/doc/WhyHeideggerianAIFailed.pdf
- versteegen 11y agoThank you! A very interesting and insightful criticism of various approaches to AI, especially what we can learn from GOFAI. Do you have any other papers to recommend?
- arstin 11y agoYou might check out stuff from John Haugeland, who coined "GOFAI" back in the 80s. Here's a nice essay I quickly found online (that's sort of indirectly about AI) for example: http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/haugeland/Mind+Embodied+and+Embedded.pdf http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/files/haugeland/Mind+...