DRogers@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (08/24/83)
From: David Rogers <DRogers@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA>
Alas, after reading the article about Hofstadter in the
NYTimes, I realized that AI workers can be at least as closeminded as
other scientists have shown. At its bottom level, it seemed that DH's
basic feeling (that we have a long way to go before creating real
intelligence) is embarrassingly obvious. In the long run, the false
hopes that expectations of quick results give rise to can only hurt
the acceptance of AI in people's minds.
(By the way, I thought the article was very well written, and
would encourage people to look it up. The report is spiced with
opinions from AI workers such as Alan Newell and Marvin Minsky, and it
was enjoyable to hear their candid comments about Hofstadter and AI in
general. Quite a step above the usual articles designed for general
consumption about AI...)
David R.