[net.ai] why AI is hard to read

WILKINS@SRI-AI.ARPA (11/24/83)

From:  Wilkins  <WILKINS@SRI-AI.ARPA>

There is one reason much AI literature is hard to read. It is common for
authors to invent a whole new set of jargon to describe their system, instead
of desribing it in some common language (e.g., first order logic) or relating
it to previous well-understood systems or principles.  In recent years
there has been an increased awareness of this problem, and hopefully things
are improving and will continue to do so. There are also a lot more
submissions now to IJCAI, etc, so higher standards end up being applied.
Keep truckin'
David Wilkins