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Added by: Alnica VisserAbstract:
Since its beginning in the 1950s, the field of artificial intelligence has cycled several times between periods of optimistic predictions and massive investment (“AI spring”) and periods of disappointment, loss of confidence, and reduced funding (“AI winter”). Even with today’s seemingly fast pace of AI breakthroughs, the development of long-promised technologies such as self-driving cars, housekeeping robots, and conversational companions has turned out to be much harder than many people expected. One reason for these repeating cycles is our limited understanding of the nature and complexity of intelligence itself. In this paper I describe four fallacies in common assumptions made by AI researchers, which can lead to overconfident predictions about the field. I conclude by discussing the open questions spurred by these fallacies, including the age-old challenge of imbuing machines with humanlike common sense.
Comment: Short easy read. Pairs well with Turing, giving a good summary of the technological progress that has been made since the 50s along with a more pessimistic interpretation of the theoretical import of the progress.
Mitchell, Melanie. Why AI is Harder Than We Think
2023, in Mind Design III, John Haugeland, Carl Craver, and Colin Klein (eds). The MIT Press
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