It is good practice to find truth in statements such as these before dismissing them. This often requires adopting one or more contexts.
In this case, if one assumes a traditional definition of "AI-complete" by extending Hobbs statement to imply actually creating an artificial intelligence, then anything short of AI-Complete would be fall under Hobb's definition of "computer science." If one chooses to apply the dual process theory ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_process_theory#Systems ), then one could argue that an Expert System would fit Hobbs definition of fast, computer science. Conversely, the massively parallel unconscious processing that humans regularly perform (e.g. in speech, vision) would require enormous computing resources and considerable time - even more so using resources available twenty years ago. Does solving syntactic ambiguity really result in creating an artificial intelligence? Yampolskiy's paper AI-Complete, AI-Hard, or AI-Easy: Classification of Problems in Artificial Intelligence (PDF: http://louisville.edu/speed/computer/tr/UL_CECS_02_2011.pdf/at_download/file) is a good read on that question. On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected]>wrote: > Hobbs' statement: > > > *Q: What is the difference between computer science and artificial > intelligence? * > *A: In computer science you write programs to do quickly what people do > slowly. In artificial intelligence, it is just the opposite.* > > In AI we don't write programs to do slowly what people do quickly. In > Expert Systems in particular, once it is known what people > do symbolically, an expert system often does the symbol manipulations faster > that a person. Also, Expert Systems can perform > those symbol manipulations 24 x 7 x 365. Thereby bringing consistency, > accuracy, and endurance to the formerly human task. > > This statement is clearly false. > > ~PM > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/18488709-8cf25195> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
