on the rationalist foundations of AI

[gusl]

Ok, I can be too much of a rationalist to live my life properly, but does this make me a bad scientist/philosopher?

Winograd, for one, has been critical of rationalistic (reductionistic?) tendencies in AI.

from William J Clancy - Practice Cannot be Reduced to Theory: Knowledge, Representations, and Change in the Workplace:

Fig. 1. Rationalist view of knowledge and representations

These seem like the philosophical foundation for my views about AI & intelligence in general.
Since they've nailed down my view, I guess I really should read Winograd to see if they can change my mind.


Btw, let me hypothesize that "neat" vs "scruffy" orientation correlates with political opinion.


Right-Wing AI:
* rationalist
* truth-conservative

Left-Wing AI:
* evolving
* non-monotonic
* connectionist
* "situated cognition"/"embodied cognition"

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[bram.livejournal.com]

That's "show ofF" and not "show of".