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I enjoyed this article. But to clarify Chomsky's claim, he once used the analogy of submarines. In some languages (Russian, I vaguely recall?), submarines swim.
by calibraxis 13y ago
I enjoyed this article. But to clarify Chomsky's claim, he once used the analogy of submarines. In some languages (Russian, I vaguely recall?), submarines swim. In English, submarines don't swim. It's a matter of language. Any of us would be willing to accept the analogy, unless we're being really pedantic; it's not a big deal.
(I personally used the analogy last week, when I said, "I believe that was 2011, but maybe your computer thinks otherwise?" and the (non-IT) person immediately understood without comment.)
- djestrada 13y agoJay Gordon defends Chomsky's view more thoroughly against my criticism here: https://plus.google.com/110181959253415840755/posts/7y2s5e9Sggk https://plus.google.com/110181959253415840755/posts/7y2s5e9S... I also leave some responses on that post.
- calibraxis 13y agoThank you! A little off-topic, I like the idea of seeing AI research as an industry, and looking at institutional problems which make its output worse. Anthropologist David Graeber discusses this in (http://thebaffler.com/past/of_flying_cars http://thebaffler.com/past/of_flying_cars) and (https://vimeo.com/41863599 https://vimeo.com/41863599). (The article and video focus on different things; the article's editors removed some arguments about bureaucratic technologies — on the internet, we fill out forms all day — and the video delves more into that.)