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And here's a famous old paper by McDermott that makes the same point but specifically for AI. Using terms like "understanding" to mean the effect of a certain
by versteegen 6y ago
And here's a famous old paper by McDermott that makes the same point but specifically for AI. Using terms like "understanding" to mean the effect of a certain algorithm is fooling yourself into thinking you've accomplished something you haven't.
Drew McDermott, 1976, Artificial intelligence meets natural stupidity
https://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/graduate/691/fall19/07/papers/AI_Meets_Natural_Stupidity.pdf https://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/graduate/691/fall19/07/pap...
- qsort 6y agoThanks, I hadn't heard of it. Excellent read. "However, to say anything good about anyone is beyond the scope of this paper." This is the best conclusion for a paper I've ever seen :D
- st1x7 6y agoAnd the opening: > As a field, artificial intelligence has always been on the border of respectability, and therefore on the border of crackpottery. This was written in 1976.
- auggierose 6y agoI don't know the paper yet, but I love the title