Daniel_Burfoot comments on Dennett's "Consciousness Explained": Prelude - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 10 January 2010 01:14:02PM 0 points [-]

I would find this list more convincing if the author weren't himself a philosopher.

I agree that the philosophy of science is a different category entirely. I would also suggest that the current sorry state of AI is due primarily to limitations in our current understanding of scientific philosophy (as opposed to limitations of our mathematical or neurological understanding).