Prazdny%SRI-KL@sri-unix.UUCP (07/09/83)
From: Slava Prazdny <Prazdny at SRI-KL> It is ridiculous to assume that the "naive theories", in this case of perception, will get you somewhere. In fact, it is easy to see that they are wrong. Nobody knows, for example, what the "Mexican hat" operators, the simple cells, etc. in the cortex are for. It is common, especially within the AI comunity not to report the limitations of the achieved success. No wonder one hears about robots nearly walking around, and cleaning a house, or walking a dog, etc. Or "english interfaces" which are user friendly. I think it is about the time we realize, and frankly say, that such interpolations are very far in the future indeed.