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"Good old-fashioned AI" (GOFAI) is a term of art that refers to symbolic AI, in contrast to deep NNs. Maybe we need to rename it if deep learning is already "o
by snarkconjecture 3y ago
"Good old-fashioned AI" (GOFAI) is a term of art that refers to symbolic AI, in contrast to deep NNs.
Maybe we need to rename it if deep learning is already "old fashioned"!
(EDIT: to be clear, I have no idea what TechCrunch thinks GOFAI means.)
- davesque 3y agoYeah, that's what I was trying to indicate with the quotations. But thanks for adding the note.
- DonHopkins 3y agoThe AI Treadmill: Looking backward: GOFAI (Good Old Fashioned AI) becomes BOFAI (Bad Old Fashioned AI), then later becomes ROFAI (Retro Old Fashioned AI) then eventually AOFAI (Antique Old Fashioned AI)... Looking forward: AI (Artificial Intelligence) progresses to AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) progresses to AGIC (Artificial General Intelligence Consciousness) progresses to MAGIC (Miraculous Artificial General Intelligence Consciousness)...