AI and cognitive psychology rant

[John J. Lee]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> writes:
[...]
> > Whether a system is intelligent must be determined by the result.  When
> > you feed a chess configuration to the big blue computer, which any average
> > player of chess would make a move that will guarantee checkmate, but the
> > Deep Blue computer gives you a move that will lead to stalemate, you know
> > that it is not very intelligent (it did happen).
> 
> That may be your definition.  It seems to me that the definition given
> by a body comprising a vast numbers of experts in the field, such as
> the AAAI, might be considered to carry more authority than yours.

Argument from authority has rarely been less useful or interesting
than in the case of AI, where both our abilities and understanding are
so poor, and where the embarrassing mystery of conciousness lurks
nearby...


John