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> 3. how can a set of (hypothetical) neurons be arranged so as to form concepts. > 6. machine methods of forming abstractions from sensory and other data. Sti
by andyxor 5y ago
> 3. how can a set of (hypothetical) neurons be arranged so as to form concepts.
> 6. machine methods of forming abstractions from sensory and other data.
Still unsolved after 66 years, the problem indeed "needs more theoretical work".
Working on these at the same time with designing computer and compiler (1 & 2) probably was a big distraction.
Another distraction is introducing 5 & 7 ("self-improvement" and "randomness & creativity") before answering more fundamental questions of knowledge representation (3 & 6).
Kind of like building algorithms before figuring out the details of data structures.
- varjag 5y agoI feel the context has to be emphasized here. FORTRAN won't appear until a year later and LISP for all three. It was no distraction: it was so early that much of CS and computing history branches out from that event.
- andyxor 5y agoyes, that project was so influential in developing computer science, it determined almost all subsequent AI efforts from symbolic AI to the recent revival of ANNs. Those influential 1950s seminars contributed to the current treatment of AI as a subset of CS instead of independent discipline with roots in cognition and neuroscience research. but with all due respect you can’t really talk about artificial intelligence before understanding intelligence