At 11:23 +1030 22/2/16, Glen Turner wrote: >The essential argument was between artificial intelligence (John >McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Herbert A Simon, based around MIT, CMU and >Stanford SAIL) and computer augmentation of human thought (Vannevar >Bush, Douglas Engelbart, based around Stanford's SRI and, later, Xerox >PARC). There was some bad blood between the two groups; bear that in >mind if you read historical documents. > >Good Old Fashioned AI is now widely seen as having limited success. The >predictions of practitioners of the time now look a little fantastical. >Many of the algorithms of the era are today learned and used without >the related claims of 'intelligence'. > >Augmentation of human thought was a dramatic success. The smartphone is >pretty much an implementation of Bush and Engelbart's wildest dreams.
All very nicely put. (What else would I expect??). I recently repeated my nasty comments about Simon, Minsky & co. (this time in the context of drones), and tried yet again with the 'complementary intelligence' meme: http://www.rogerclarke.com/SOS/Drones-I.html#CSD >In reaction against the reductionism of decision systems, decision support >systems emerged. These effectively adopt the position that what human >decision-makers need is not artificial, humanlike intelligence (which is >already available in great quantity), but rather an alternative form of >intelligence that humans exhibit far less, and that can be usefully referred >to as 'complementary intelligence' (Clarke 1989): "Surely man and machine are >natural complements: They assist one another" (Wyndham 1932). Together, the >collaborative whole would be, in the words of Bolter (1986, p. 238) 'synthetic >intelligence'. > >To function as a decision support system, however, software must produce >information useful to human decision-makers (such as analyses of the apparent >sensitivity of output variables to input variables). Alternatively, a decision >support system might offer recommended actions, together with explanations of >the rationale underlying the recommendations. But is this feasible? -- Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke mailto:[email protected] http://www.xamax.com.au/ Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
