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Comment author: Peterdjones 26 October 2012 04:44:29PM 0 points [-]

I doubt we can reductively analyse "thinking"

If we cant even get a start on that, how did we get a start on building AI?

Comment author: RichardChappell 27 October 2012 06:20:51PM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure I follow you. Why would you need to analyse "thinking" in order to "get a start on building AI"? Presumably it's enough to systematize the various computational algorithms that lead to the behavioural/functional outputs associated with intelligent thought. Whether it's really thought, or mere computation, that occurs inside the black box is presumably not any concern of computer scientists!

Comment author: Peterdjones 30 October 2012 02:41:27AM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure I follow you. Why would you need to analyse "thinking" in order to "get a start on building AI"?

Becuase thought is essential to intelligence. Why would you need to analyse intelligence to get a start on building artificial intelliigence? Because you would have no idea what you were tryinng to do if you didn't.

Presumably it's enough to systematize the various computational algorithms that lead to the behavioural/functional outputs associated with intelligent thought.

I fail to see how that is not just a long winded way of saying "analysing thought"

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